Metaphidippus

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
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

As of June 2019 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
  1. 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.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology


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