Metaphidippus | |
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Male Metaphidippus manni | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Genus: |
Metaphidippus F.O. P-Cambridge, 1901 |
Type species | |
Metaphidippus mandibulatus F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901 |
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Species | |
See text. |
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Diversity | |
47 species |
See text.
Metaphidippus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders), found in North and South America.
The genus name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.
As of March 2017[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: