Metaphidippus
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Metaphidippus is a spider
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus
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Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
Name
The genus name is combined from Ancient GreekAncient Greek
Ancient Greek is the stage of the Greek language in the periods spanning the times c. 9th–6th centuries BC, , c. 5th–4th centuries BC , and the c. 3rd century BC – 6th century AD of ancient Greece and the ancient world; being predated in the 2nd millennium BC by Mycenaean Greek...
μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus
Phidippus
Phidippus is a genus in the family Salticidae . Some of the largest jumping spiders inhabit this genus, and many species are characterized by their brilliant, iridescent green chelicerae. Phidippus is distributed almost exclusively in North America, with the exception of two exported species...
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Species
- Metaphidippus albopilosus (Peckham & PeckhamGeorge and Elizabeth PeckhamGeorge Williams Peckham and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachnologists, and entomologists, specializing in animal behavior and in the study of jumping spiders and wasps.-Lives and careers:George Peckham was born in Albany,...
, 1901) — BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
, ParaguayParaguayParaguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...
, ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires... - Metaphidippus annectans (ChamberlinRalph Vary ChamberlinRalph Vary Chamberlin was an American zoologist from Salt Lake City, Utah. He received his PhD from Cornell University in 1904. He was a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University from 1908-1911, and at the University of Utah from 1925-1938....
, 1929) — USA - Metaphidippus apicalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
- Metaphidippus bicavatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — PanamaPanamaPanama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
- Metaphidippus bisignatus Mello-LeitãoCândido Firmino de Mello-LeitãoCândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão, , was a Brazilian zoologist who is considered the founder of Arachnology in South America, publishing 198 papers on the taxonomy of Arachnida...
, 1945 — Argentina - Metaphidippus bispinosus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Central AmericaCentral AmericaCentral America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent...
- Metaphidippus carmenensis (Chamberlin, 1924) — USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus chalcedon (C. L. KochCarl Ludwig KochCarl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water...
, 1846) — Brazil - Metaphidippus chera (Chamberlin, 1924) — USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus coccinelloides Mello-Leitão, 1947 — Brazil
- Metaphidippus comptus (BanksNathan BanksNathan Banks was an American entomologist noted for his work on neuroptera, megaloptera, hymenoptera, and acarina . He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA...
, 1909) — Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east.... - Metaphidippus crassidens (Kraus, 1955) — El SalvadorEl SalvadorEl Salvador or simply Salvador is the smallest and the most densely populated country in Central America. The country's capital city and largest city is San Salvador; Santa Ana and San Miguel are also important cultural and commercial centers in the country and in all of Central America...
- Metaphidippus cupreus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Panama
- Metaphidippus cuprinus (TaczanowskiWladyslaw TaczanowskiWładysław Taczanowski was a Polish zoologist.-Life:A member of an old noble magnate family from the Poznań region, Taczanowski is considered one of the most important European zoologists of the nineteenth century...
, 1878) — PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean.... - Metaphidippus diplacis (Chamberlin, 1924) — USA, Mexico
- Metaphidippus dubitabilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) — Mexico
- Metaphidippus emmiltus Maddison, 1996 — USA
- Metaphidippus facetus ChickeringArthur M. ChickeringArthur Merton Chickering was a U.S. arachnologist. He was born on March 23, 1887 in North Danville, Vermont and died on May 24, 1974.He studied in Yale University under Alexander Petrunkevitch until 1913. In 1916 he earned a master of science degree in cytology and in 1927 a Ph.D. for cytological...
, 1946 — Panama - Metaphidippus fastosus Chickering, 1946 — Panama
- Metaphidippus felix (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Mexico, Hawai'i
- Metaphidippus fimbriatus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — GuatemalaGuatemalaGuatemala is a country in Central America bordered by Mexico to the north and west, the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, Belize to the northeast, the Caribbean to the east, and Honduras and El Salvador to the southeast...
- Metaphidippus fortunatus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil
- Metaphidippus globosus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus gratus Bryant, 1948 — Mexico
- Metaphidippus inflatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Guatemala
- Metaphidippus iridescens F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — El Salvador, Panama
- Metaphidippus iviei (RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 1951) — USA - Metaphidippus laetabilis (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) — Panama
- Metaphidippus laetificus Chickering, 1946 — Panama
- Metaphidippus lanceolatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico to Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus longipalpus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — USA, Panama
- Metaphidippus mandibulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus manni (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — North AmericaNorth AmericaNorth America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
- Metaphidippus nigropictus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico
- Metaphidippus nitidus (Peckham & Peckham, 1896) — Guatemala
- Metaphidippus odiosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil, Argentina
- Metaphidippus ovatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Guatemala
- Metaphidippus pallens F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Guatemala to Costa Rica
- Metaphidippus perfectus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil
- Metaphidippus pernotus (PetrunkevitchAlexander PetrunkevitchAlexander Ivanovitch Petrunkevitch was an eminent arachnologist of his time. From 1910 to 1939 he described over 130 spider species.-Biography:...
, 1911) — Guatemala - Metaphidippus perscitus Chickering, 1946 — Panama
- Metaphidippus pluripunctatus Mello-Leitão, 1944 — Argentina
- Metaphidippus quadrinotatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Costa Rica, Panama
- Metaphidippus smithi (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil
- Metaphidippus texanus (Banks, 1904) — USA
- Metaphidippus tropicus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil, Argentina