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Genus: Corythalia C. L. Koch, 1850 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Corythalia metallica (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1894)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:032900

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Described:

Distribution: St. Vincent and the Grenadines

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA m (22043) - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)
Paratype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA 1m (35199) - (Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020)

Taxonomic References

Dynamius metallicus Peckham & Peckham, 1894b: 694, pl. 61, f. 2 (Dm) Original description

Corythalia metallica Simon, 1901a: 654 (T from Dynamius)

Corythalia metallica Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020: 79, f. 38A-B, 59C, 66D, 69I (m)

References

Bayer, S., Höfer, H. & Metzner, H. (2020). Revision of the genus Corythalia C.L. Koch, 1850, part 1: diagnosis and new species from South America (Araneae: Salticidae: Salticinae: Euophryini). Zootaxa 4806(1): 1-144. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4806.1.1 -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1894b). On the spiders of the family Attidae of the island of Saint-Vincent. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 61(4, 1893): 692-704, pl. 61-62. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1893.tb00568.x [[published in April 1894, after Duncan, 1937]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-07-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Bayer, Höfer & Metzner, 2020