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