World Spider Catalog

Dipluridae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: possibly paraphyletic per Goloboff, 1993: 30; delimited to Diplurinae (genera Diplura, Harmonicon, Linothele, Trechona and Troglodiplura) and Masteriinae Simon, 1889 (genera Masteria, Siremata and Striamea) by Opatova et al., 2020: 696, elevation of the former subfamilies Ischnothelinae and Euagrinae and of the genus Microhexura to family level by Opatova et al., 2020: 697, 698.

In synonymy:

Accola Simon, 1889 = Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Raven, 1979: 624)

Antrochares Rainbow, 1898 = Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Raven, 1979: 624)

Microsteria Wunderlich, 1988 = Masteria L. Koch, 1873 (Raven, 2000a: 573)

Gen. Masteria L. Koch, 1873 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00039

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Accola Simon, 1889m: 191 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05059] (type A. lucifuga Simon, 1889), and of Antrochares Rainbow, 1898 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05061] (type M. macgregori Rainbow, 1898) by Raven, 1979: 624, and of Microsteria Wunderlich, 1988: 46 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05065] (type M. sexoculata Wunderlich, 1988, fossil in Dominican amber) by Raven, 2000a: 573.

Transferred to other genera:

Masteria australis (Mello-Leitão, 1939) -- see Chilehexops

Masteria emboaba Pedroso, Baptista & Bertani, 2015 -- see Tonton

In synonymy:

Masteria cyclops (Simon, 1889) = Masteria lucifuga Simon, 1889 (Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 21)

Masteria tovarensis (Simon, 1889) = Masteria lucifuga Simon, 1889 (Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 21)

Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050512

Masteria aguaruna Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 34, f. 1D, 17C-D, 19A-F, 30D (Dmf) Original description

Masteria aimeae (Alayón, 1995) | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000371

Microsteria aimeae Alayón, 1995d: 3, f. 1A-D (Dm) Original description

Masteria aimeae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 36, f. 20A-D (m, Df)

Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050510

Masteria amarumayu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 29, f. 4D, 16A-F, 17A-B, 30B (Dmf) Original description

Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020 | | Costa Rica (Cocos Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051753

Masteria angienae Víquez, 2020: S121, f. 3A-G (Dmf) Original description

Masteria barona (Chickering, 1967) | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000348

Accola barona Chickering, 1967b: 162, f. 9-11 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria barona Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Masteria barona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 17, f. 2A,C, 3A, 6B, 9A-G, 29B (mf)

Masteria boggildi Lissner, 2023 | | Central America (presumably Costa Rica). Imported to Denmark urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:059352

Masteria boggildi Lissner in Lissner & Craig, 2023: 889, f. 1-7, 8A-B, 9A-C, 10, 11A-B, 12 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria caeca (Simon, 1892) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000349

Accola caeca Simon, 1892c: 35 (Df) Original description

Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000350

Accola cavicola Simon, 1892c: 35 (Df) Original description

Masteria cavicola Dupérré & Tapia, 2021: 264, f. 5A-B, 6A-B (f, probably misplaced in Masteria)

Masteria chalupas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053340

Masteria chalupas Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 546, f. 6A-B, 7A-D, 20D, 22B (Dm) Original description

Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000351

Masteria colombiensis Raven, 1981b: 61, f. 13-18, 20, 22 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria colombiensis Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 24, f. 13A-F, 29E (mf)

Masteria downeyi (Chickering, 1967) | | Costa Rica, Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000353

Accola downeyi Chickering, 1967b: 158, f. 1-5 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria doweeyi Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Masteria downeyi Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 25, f. 4A, 14A-F, 29F (mf)

Masteria franzi Raven, 1991 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000354

Masteria franzi Raven, 1991: 113, f. 60-68 (Dm) Original description

Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Dominican Rep. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050515

Masteria galipote Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 50, f. 1B, 28A-F, 31D (Dmf) Original description

Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995 | | Cuba urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000355

Masteria golovatchi Alayón, 1995d: 5, f. 2A-D (Dm) Original description

Masteria golovatchi Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 38, f. 1A, 21A-E (m, Df)

Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050345

Masteria guyanensis Almeida, Salvatierra & de Morais, 2018a: 366, f. 1-7 (Dm) [misspelled guyaniensis in Tab. 1] Original description

Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873 | | Fiji, Micronesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000356

Masteria hirsuta L. Koch, 1873: 458, pl. 35, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Masteria hirsuta Simon, 1892a: 190, f. 131

Masteria hirsuta Roewer, 1963a: 109, f. 2a-d (Dm)

Masteria hirsuta Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 13, f. 3B, 6A, 7A-B (mf)

Masteria hirsuta Dupérré et al., 2021: 540, f. 1A-C, 20A (f)

Masteria jatunsacha Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053338

Masteria jatunsacha Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 542, f. 2A-B, 3A-D, 20B, 22A (Dm) Original description

Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000357

Masteria kaltenbachi Raven, 1991: 115, f. 69 (Df) Original description

Masteria lasdamas Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053343

Masteria lasdamas Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 557, f. 16A-B, 17A-D, 21A, 23B (Dm) Original description

Masteria lewisi (Chickering, 1965) | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000358

Accola lewisi Chickering, 1965b: 177, f. 5-9 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria lewisi Raven, 1979: 625

Masteria lewisi Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 27, f. 15A-E, 30A (mf)

Masteria lucifuga (Simon, 1889) | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000359

Accola cyclops Simon, 1889m: 192 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000352]

Accola lucifuga Simon, 1889m: 191 (Dj) Original description

Accola tovarensis Simon, 1889m: 192 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000368]

Accola lucifuga Simon, 1892a: 190, f. 130

Masteria lucifuga Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 21, f. 11A-E (f, S of Masteria cyclops and M. tovarensis)

Masteria macgregori (Rainbow, 1898) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000360

Antrochares macgregori Rainbow, 1898a: 332, pl. 7, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Anthrochares macgregori Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 351 (lapsus)

Masteria machay Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053339

Masteria machay Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 544, f. 4A-B, 5A, 20C (Df) Original description

Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046222

Masteria manauara Bertani, Cruz & Oliveira, 2013: 438, f. 1-15 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria manauara Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 42, f. 23A-F, 30F (mf)

Masteria modesta (Simon, 1892) | | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000361

Accola modesta Simon, 1892e: 552 (Df) Original description

Masteria modesta Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 9 (species inquirenda)

Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050511

Masteria mutum Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 32, f. 18A-F, 30C (Dmf) Original description

Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053344

Masteria otongachi Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 560, f. 18A-B, 19A-D, 21B, 23C (Dm) Original description

Masteria pallida (Kulczyński, 1908) | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000362

Accola pallida Kulczyński, 1908a: 459 (Df) Original description

Masteria papallacta Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053341

Masteria papallacta Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 549, f. 8A-B, 9A-D, 10A-B, 11A, 20E-F, 22C (Dmf) Original description

Masteria pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2021 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:053342

Masteria pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia in Dupérré et al., 2021: 553, f. 12A-B, 13A-D, 14A-B, 15A, 20G-H, 23A (Dmf) Original description

Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982 | | Jamaica urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000363

Masteria pecki Gertsch, 1982a: 80, f. 6-7 (Df) Original description

Masteria pecki Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 43, f. 24A-D (f)

Masteria petrunkevitchi (Chickering, 1965) | | Puerto Rico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000364

Accola spinosa Petrunkevitch, 1929b: 13, f. 1-5 (f, misidentified)

Accola petrunkevitchi Chickering, 1965b: 175, f. 1-4 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria petrunkevitchi Raven, 1979: 625

Masteria petrunkevitchi Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 15, f. 1A, 5A, 8A-E, 29A (mf)

Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Martinique urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050514

Masteria sabrinae Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 48, f. 1E, 3D, 27A-F, 31C (Dmf) Original description

Masteria simla (Chickering, 1967) | | Trinidad urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000365

Accola simla Chickering, 1967b: 160, f. 6-8 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria simla Brignoli, 1983c: 126

Masteria simla Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 46, f. 26A-E, 31B (mf)

Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Trinidad and Tobago urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050508

Masteria soucouyant Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 19, f. 5B, 10A-F, 29C (Dmf) Original description

Masteria spinosa (Petrunkevitch, 1925) | | Panama urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000366

Accola spinosa Petrunkevitch, 1925a: 92 (Dj) Original description

Accola spinosa Chickering, 1945: 161, f. 1-8 (Dmf)

Accola spinosa Chickering, 1967b: 164, f. 12-13 (m)

Masteria spinosa Nentwig, 1993: 94, f. 47a-f (m)

Masteria spinosa Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 44, f. 4B, 25A-F, 31A (mf)

Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050513

Masteria tayrona Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 40, f. 3C, 4C, 22A-F, 30E (Dmf) Original description

Masteria toddae Raven, 1979 | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:000367

Masteria toddae Raven, 1979: 630, f. 8-9, 12-13, 16-29 (Dmf) Original description

Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019 | | Philippines (Luzon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051182

Masteria urdujae Rasalan & Barrion-Dupo, 2019: 161, f. 1A-B, 2, 3A-B, 4A-B (Dm) Original description

Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:050509

Masteria yacambu Passanha & Brescovit, 2018: 23, f. 12A-F, 29D (Dmf) Original description