Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Salticoidea
Familia: Salticidae
Subfamilia: Salticinae
Clade: Marpissoida
Tribus: Dendryphantini
Genus: Metaphidippus
Species: M. albopilosus – M. annectans – M. apicalis – M. bicavatus – M. bisignatus – M. bispinosus – M. carmenensis – M. chalcedon – M. chera – M. coccinelloides – M. comptus – M. crassidens – M. cupreus – M. cuprinus – M. diplacis – M. dubitabilis – M. emmiltus – M. facetus – M. fastosus – M. felix – M. fimbriatus – M. fortunatus – M. globosus – M. gratus – M. inflatus – M. iridescens – M. iviei – M. laetabilis – M. laetificus – M. lanceolatus – M. longipalpus – M. mandibulatus – M. manni – M. nigropictus – M. nitidus – M. odiosus – M. ovatus – M. pallens – M. perfectus – M. pernotus – M. perscitus – M. pluripunctatus – M. quadrinotatus – M. smithi – M. texanus – M. tropicus
Name
Metaphidippus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901
Type species: Metaphidippus mandibulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901
References
Cambridge, F. O. P.-. 1901. Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London, 2: 193–312. [262]
Maddison, W. P. 1996. Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 154: 215–368.
Platnick, N. I. 2009. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History. [1]
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.
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
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
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