Metaphidippus

Metaphidippus
Male Metaphidippus manni
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Dendryphantinae
Genus:	Metaphidippus F. O. P-Cambridge, 1901
Type species
Metaphidippus mandibulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901
Species
see text
Diversity
46 species

Metaphidippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

Name

The genus name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.

Species

• Metaphidippus albopilosus (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
• Metaphidippus annectans (Chamberlin, 1929) — United States
• Metaphidippus apicalis F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Mexico
• Metaphidippus bicavatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 — Panama
• Metaphidippus bisignatus Mello-Leitão, 1945 — Argentina
• Metaphidippus bispinosus F. O. P.-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. P.-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 felix (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) — Mexico, Hawaii
• Metaphidippus fimbriatus (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) — Guatemala
• 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 (Roewer, 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 America
• 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 (Petrunkevitch, 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

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2009): The world spider catalog, version 9.5. American Museum of Natural History.