Matua (spider)

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

|taxon=Matua

|authority=Forster, 1979

|type_species=M. valida

|type_species_authority=Forster, 1979

|subdivision_ranks=Species

|subdivision={{Specieslist

|M. festiva|Forster, 1979 – New Zealand

|M. valida|Forster, 1979 – New Zealand}}

}}

Matua is a genus of South Pacific ground spiders that was first described by Raymond Robert Forster in 1979.{{cite journal|last=Forster|first=R. R.|year=1979|title=The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae.|journal=Otago Museum Bulletin|pages=1–95|volume=5}} {{as of|2019|05}} it contains only two species, both found in New Zealand: M. festiva and M. valida.{{cite web|title=Gen. Matua Forster, 1979|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|accessdate=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/956|doi=10.24436/2}}