The endless search for type specimens; illustrations of eleven spider (Araneae Mygalomorphae) species described by Eugène Simon Author Dupérré, Nadine 0000-0003-2195-878X Zoological Museum, Center of Natural History, Universität Hamburg, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. & Research Associate, American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, U. S. A. nadine.duperre@uni-hamburg.de Author Tapia, Elicio 0000-0001-9005-5328 Fundación OTONGA, Calle Rither y Bolivia Quito, Ecuador. & https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 9005 - 5328 text Zootaxa 2021 2021-04-06 4951 2 259 282 journal article 7404 10.11646/zootaxa.4951.2.3 29a4191d-6969-4e29-8e4c-9177e61b17df 1175-5326 4664047 F9842659-4211-4346-B4B2-A61ABBBA7F18 Masteria cavicola (Simon, 1892) Figs 5A, B , 6A, B . Accola cavicola Simon, 1892c: 35 (Description female). Type material. ♀ . Long. 12 mill. Grotte de San-Mateo , près Montalvan (province de Manila ) . Label. 1. Museum Paris AR 499, 10850, Accola cavicola Simon, Cueva de S. Matéo. Type designation. Female lectotype , designated here (AR 499). Distribution. Philippines . Note. The genus Masteria occurs in South America, Asia and Australia . Masteria cavicola was described from a cave in the Philippines and was never illustrated. The genus is separate from other genera of Masteriinae subfamily by the absence of micro-spines around the ocular region, the presence of prolateral process on apical portion of tibia I of males and ovate pattern of eyes ( Passanha & Brescovit 2018 ), the type specimen of Masteria cavicola does not present this characteristic ovate eye pattern ( Fig. 5A ) and therefore is probably misplaced in that genus.