Matachia livor is a species of Desidae spider that is endemic to New Zealand.Forster, R. R. (1970). The spiders of New Zealand. Part III. Otago Museum Bulletin 3: 1-184.
Taxonomy This species was first described by Arthur Urquhart in 1893 from a male specimen.Urquhart, A. T. (1893). Descriptions of new species of Araneidae. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 25: 165-190. It has undergone numerous revisions.Bryant, E. B. (1933). Notes on types of Urquhart's spiders. Records of the Canterbury Museum 4: 1-27, pl. 1-5.Marples, B. J. (1962). The Matachiinae, a group of cribellate spiders. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 44(301): 701-720. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1962.tb01965.x The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.
Description The male is recorded at 7.66mm in length whereas the female is 7.20mm. The abdomen has a prominent chevron pattern dorsally.
Distribution This species is widespread throughout the North Island of New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Not Threatened".
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