Metaphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.[2] The name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.
| Metaphidippus | |
|---|---|
| |
| Male Metaphidippus manni | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Metaphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901[1] |
| Type species | |
| M. mandibulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
| |
| Species | |
|
46, see text | |
Species
editAs of June 2019[update] it contains forty-six species, found only in South America, Central America, and North America:[1]
- Metaphidippus albopilosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
- Metaphidippus annectans (Chamberlin, 1929) – USA
- Metaphidippus apicalis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico
- Metaphidippus bicavatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Panama
- Metaphidippus bisignatus Mello-Leitão, 1945 – Argentina
- Metaphidippus bispinosus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Central America
- Metaphidippus carmenensis (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus chalcedon (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Brazil
- Metaphidippus chera (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus coccinelloides Mello-Leitão, 1947 – Brazil
- Metaphidippus comptus (Banks, 1909) – Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus crassidens (Kraus, 1955) – El Salvador
- Metaphidippus cupreus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Panama
- Metaphidippus cuprinus (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
- Metaphidippus diplacis (Chamberlin, 1924) – USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus dubitabilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Mexico
- Metaphidippus emmiltus Maddison, 1996 – USA
- Metaphidippus facetus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- Metaphidippus fastosus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- Metaphidippus fimbriatus (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901) – Guatemala
- Metaphidippus fortunatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- Metaphidippus globosus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus gratus Bryant, 1948 – Mexico
- Metaphidippus inflatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- Metaphidippus iridescens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – El Salvador, Panama
- Metaphidippus iviei (Roewer, 1951) – USA
- Metaphidippus laetabilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Panama
- Metaphidippus laetificus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- Metaphidippus lanceolatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico to Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus longipalpus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – USA, Panama
- Metaphidippus mandibulatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 (type) – Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus manni (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – North America
- Metaphidippus nigropictus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Mexico
- Metaphidippus nitidus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) – Guatemala
- Metaphidippus odiosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina
- Metaphidippus ovatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- Metaphidippus pallens F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala to Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus perfectus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- Metaphidippus pernix F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Guatemala
- Metaphidippus perscitus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
- Metaphidippus pluripunctatus Mello-Leitão, 1944 – Argentina
- Metaphidippus quadrinotatus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 – Costa Rica, Panama
- Metaphidippus siticulosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1909) – USA
- Metaphidippus smithi (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil
- Metaphidippus texanus (Banks, 1904) – USA
- Metaphidippus tropicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Brazil, Argentina
References
edit- ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Metaphidippus F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
 | This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |