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Metaphidippus

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Metaphidippus
Male Metaphidippus manni
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

References

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