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

Metaphidippus chalcedon (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034622

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | GBIF

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Taxonomic References

Phidippus chalcedon C. L. Koch, 1846: 159, f. 1214 (Dm) Original description

Dendryphantes chalcidon Petrunkevitch, 1911: 627 (lapsus)

Metaphidippus chalcidon Mello-Leitão, 1943a: 226 (lapsus, T from Dendryphantes)

References

Koch, C. L. (1846). Die Arachniden. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nürnberg, Dreizehnter Band, pp. 1-234, pl. 433-468 (f. 1078-1271); Vierzehnter Band, pp. 1-88, pl. 467-480 (f. 1272-1342). doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.43744 [[for the correct year of publication see Brignoli, 1985b]] -- Show included taxa

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1943a). Catálogo das aranhas do Rio Grande do Sul. Arquivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 37: 147-245, 24 pls. -- Show included taxa

Petrunkevitch, A. (1911). A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29: 1-791. -- 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.

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

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