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^[update] 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