Metacyrba
{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Metacyrba
| image = DOM09-8917_Metacyrba_female.jpg
| image_caption = Female Metacyrba from the Dominican Republic
| authority = F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
| type_species = M. taeniola
| type_species_authority = (Hentz, 1846)
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 7, see text
| synonyms =
- Parkella Chickering, 1946{{cite journal| last=Edwards| first=G. B.| year=2006| title=A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda, with a comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae)| journal=Insecta Mundi| volume=19| page=195}}
}}
Metacyrba is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901.{{citation| last=Pickard-Cambridge| first=F. O.| year=1901| contribution=Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones| title=Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology| author-link=Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge}} The name is combined from Ancient Greek {{lang|el|μετά}} "after, beside" and the salticid genus Cyrba.
Species
{{as of|2019|06}}, it contains seven species and one subspecies, found in South America, Mexico, the United States, Cuba, and on the Greater Antilles:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-07-23| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2784| doi=10.24436/2| last1=Gloor| first1=Daniel| last2=Nentwig| first2=Wolfgang| last3=Blick| first3=Theo| last4=Kropf| first4=Christian}}
- Metacyrba alberti Cala-Riquelme, 2017 – Cuba
- Metacyrba floridana Gertsch, 1934 – USA
- Metacyrba insularis (Banks, 1902) – Ecuador (Galapagos Is.)
- Metacyrba pictipes Banks, 1903 – Hispaniola
- Metacyrba punctata (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – USA to Ecuador
- Metacyrba taeniola (Hentz, 1846) (type) – USA, Mexico
- Metacyrba t. similis Banks, 1904 – USA, Mexico
- Metacyrba venusta (Chickering, 1946) – Mexico to Venezuela
References
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External links
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/metacyrb/punct-ol.htm Painting of M. punctata]
- [http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/metacyrb/taeni-ol.htm Painting of M. taeniola]
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Category:Spiders of North America
Category:Spiders of South America
Category:Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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