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Genus: Metacyrba F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Metacyrba floridana Gertsch, 1934

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034609

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Described:

Distribution: USA

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

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Holotype: American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), New York, USA f - (Edwards, 2006)

Taxonomic References

Metacyrba floridana Gertsch, 1934d: 19 (Df) Original description

Fuentes floridana Roewer, 1955c: 1013

Metacyrba floridana Barnes, 1958: 33, f. 52-53 (Dm, T from Fuentes)

Metacyrba floridana Edwards, 2006: 197, f. 1-12, 34, 98 (mf)

References

Barnes, R. D. (1958). North American jumping spiders of the subfamily Marpissinae (Araneae, Salticidae). American Museum Novitates 1867: 1-50. -- Show included taxa

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: 193-226. -- Show included taxa

Gertsch, W. J. (1934d). Further notes on American spiders. American Museum Novitates 726: 1-26. -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1955c). Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band, Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]). 2. Band, Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp. -- 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]

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