Metacyrba is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.[3] The name is combined from Ancient Greek μετά "after, beside" and the salticid genus Cyrba.

Metacyrba
Female Metacyrba from the Dominican Republic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Metacyrba
F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901[1]
Type species
M. taeniola
(Hentz, 1846)
Species

7, see text

Synonyms[1]

Species

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As of June 2019, it contains seven species and one subspecies, found in South America, Mexico, the United States, Cuba, and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  2. ^ Edwards, G. B. (2006). "A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda, with a comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae)". Insecta Mundi. 19: 195.
  3. ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1901), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology
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