Metaphidippus

Metaphidippus is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Phidippus.

==Species== it contains forty-six species, found only in South America, Central America, and North America: 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