Metacyrba

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]

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.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  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