Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892)

Dupérré, Nadine & Tapia, Elicio, 2021, The endless search for type specimens; illustrations of eleven spider (Araneae Mygalomorphae) species described by Eugène Simon, Zootaxa 4951 (2), pp. 259-282 : 264-265

Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892)

Figs 5A, B , 6A, B .

Accola cavicola Simon, 1892c: 35 (Description female).

Type material. ♀. Long. 12 mill. Grotte de San-Mateo , près Montalvan (province de Manila) .

Label. 1. Museum Paris AR 499, 10850, Accola cavicola Simon, Cueva de S. Matéo.

Type designation. Female lectotype, designated here (AR 499).

Distribution. Philippines.

Note. The genus Masteria occurs in South America, Asia and Australia. Masteria cavicola was described from a

cave in the Philippines and was never illustrated. The genus is separate from other genera of Masteriinae subfamily by the absence of micro-spines around the ocular region, the presence of prolateral process on apical portion of tibia I of males and ovate pattern of eyes ( Passanha & Brescovit 2018), the type specimen of Masteria cavicola does not present this characteristic ovate eye pattern ( Fig. 5A ) and therefore is probably misplaced in that genus.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) female lectotype. A. Habitus, dorsal view. B. Habitus ventral view. Scale bars: 1.0mm.

FIGURE 6. Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) female lectotype.A. B. Internal genitalia, dorsal view. Scale bars: 0.5mm.