Matua festiva is a species of ground spider endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy This species was described by Ray Forster in 1979 from female specimens. The holotype is stored in Canterbury Museum.Forster, R. R. (1979). The spiders of New Zealand. Part V. Cycloctenidae, Gnaphosidae, Clubionidae. Otago Museum Bulletin 5: 1-95.
Description The female is recorded at 7.7mm in length. It is most similar to Matua valida.
Distribution This species is only known from Canterbury, New Zealand.
Conservation status Under the New Zealand Threat Classification System, this species is listed as "Data Deficient" with the qualifiers of "Data Poor: Size", "Data Poor: Trend" and "One Location".
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