- In hollow twig, Kangaroo Valley Rd, Bellawongarah NSW
- Little Yabba Ck, QLD, On Fig Tree Walk
- Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle, NSW
- Cataract Gorge, Launceston, TAS
- Portland Roads, Cape York, QLD
- Typical Paramatachia web
A smallish, slender spider with a characteristic web radiating from an entrance to a hollow inside a twig, common in eastern parts of Australia including Tasmania in forest, scrub and woodland. They make their homes in hollows bored by insects. The web, radiating from the entrance, has a ladder-like stabilimentum. The first three pairs Of legs are directed forward. Originally in Psechridae, Forster eventually moved it to Desidae. Described species include a female P. ashtonensis from New South Wales, P. cataracta from New South Wales and the type species P. decorata from Queensland. P. media from Victoria was described from the male only, while Hickman described described both male and female P. tubicola from South Australia and Tasmania as Neomatachia but this was later recognised to be the same genus as Dalmas first described from Queensland in 1918. ♀ 8mm ♂ 6.5mm
In hollow twig, Kangaroo Valley Rd, Bellawongarah NSW
Little Yabba Ck, QLD, On Fig Tree Walk
Blackbutt Reserve, Newcastle, NSW
Cataract Gorge, Launceston, TAS
Portland Roads, Cape York, QLD
Typical Paramatachia web
