In synonymy:
Urquhartia Bryant, 1933 = Matachia Dalmas, 1917 (Marples, 1962: 704)

type Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917; gender feminine

N.B.: transferred from the Psechridae to the Amaurobiidae (Matachiinae) by Lehtinen, 1967: 274 and to the Desidae by Forster, 1970b: 25; transfer to the Matachiidae (Murphy & Roberts, 2015: ix) not sufficiently justified and is not accepted here; considered a senior synonym of Urquhartia Bryant, 1933b: 9 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05177] (type Tegenaria livoris Urquhart, 1893) (transferred from the Argyronetidae = Cybaeidae) by Marples, 1962: 704.

Transferred to other genera:
Matachia hirsuta Marples, 1962 -- see Notomatachia
Matachia magna Forster, 1970 -- see Nuisiana
Matachia rufoflava Chamberlain, 1946 -- see Paradictyna

Matachia australis Forster, 1970b: 29, f. 41, 44-47, 59-60, 64 (Dmf).
Matachia australis Murphy & Roberts, 2015: 528, f. 12 (mf).

Tegenaria livoris Urquhart, 1893a: 167 (Dm).
Urquhartia livoris Bryant, 1933b: 9, pl. 2, f. 17, pl. 4, f. 39 (m).
Matachia ramulicola Marples, 1956: 330, f. 1a-b (Dm).
Matachia livoris Marples, 1962: 704, f. 1E-F, 2A-B, 3B, 4A (m, Sf, S rejected).
Matachia livor Lehtinen, 1967: 439, f. 116 (m).
Matachia livor Forster, 1970b: 28, f. 3, 55, 62, 103 (mf).

Matachia marplesi Forster, 1970b: 32, f. 52, 57, 63 (Dmf).
Matachia marplesi Coddington, 1990: 10, f. 22 (m).

Matachia ramulicola Dalmas, 1917a: 328, f. 1-4 (Df).
Matachia livoris Marples, 1962: 704 (S, rejected).
Matachia ramulicola Forster, 1970b: 25, f. 65 (f, removed from S).

Matachia similis Forster, 1970b: 30, f. 54, 58, 61 (Dmf).