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Genus Metacyrba

Salticid - Metacyrba taeniola voucher image - Metacyrba taeniola - male Lil spider - Metacyrba punctata Salticidae - Metacyrba taeniola - female Salticid - Metacyrba taeniola Metacryba, probably floridana - Metacyrba floridana Metacyrba taeniola taeniola - Metacyrba taeniola Jumping Spider genus/species? - Metacyrba punctata
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)
Genus Metacyrba
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901
Explanation of Names
From Ancient Greek meta (μετά) "after, beside" and the Old World salticid genus Cyrba (Wikipedia--Metacyrba).
Print References
Edwards G.B. 2005b; A review of described Metacyrba, the status of Parkella, and notes on Platycryptus and Balmaceda, with comparison of the genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae); Insecta Mundi, 19(4): 193-226 (pdf available)
Internet References
Field Identification of North American Metacyrba by D. Walton
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 27 May, 2005 - 4:42pm
Additional contributions by cotinis, Jay Barnes, Jeff Hollenbeck, cheins, Dick Walton, Tyler Hedlund
Last updated 28 October, 2022 - 6:05pm

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