Masteria

Masteria is a genus of curtain web spiders that was first described by L. Koch in 1873. They occur in the tropics of Central to South America, Asia and Micronesia, with one species found in Australia. M. petrunkevitchi males are long and females are long. M. lewisi, M. barona, and M. downeyi are slightly smaller and have only six eyes. Most species in the genus have six eyes, but two (Masteria caecia and Masteria pecki) have no eyes.

==Species== , this genus includes 42 species: Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Peru Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) – Cuba Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 – Costa Rica (Cocos Island) Masteria barona (Chickering, 1967) – Trinidad Masteria boggildi Lissner, 2023 – Central America (presumably Costa Rica). Imported to Denmark Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) – Philippines Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) – Philippines Masteria chalupas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 – Colombia Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1967) – Costa Rica, Panama Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Dominican Republic Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 – Cuba Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 – Guyana Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 – Fiji, Micronesia (type species) Masteria jatunsacha Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 – New Caledonia Masteria lasdamas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1965) – Jamaica Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) – Venezuela Masteria luisi Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – Colombia Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) – Papua New Guinea Masteria machay Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 – Brazil Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) – St. Vincent Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Brazil Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria pallida (Kulczyński, 1908) – Papua New Guinea Masteria papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 – Ecuador Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 – Jamaica Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1965) – Puerto Rico Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Martinique Masteria simla (Chickering, 1967) – Trinidad Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Trinidad and Tobago Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) – Panama Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Colombia Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 – Australia (Queensland) Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 – Philippines (Luzon) Masteria verdum Rodríguez-Castro, Rodríguez & Delgado-Santa, 2025 – Colombia Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 – Venezuela