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

Metaphidippus diplacis (Chamberlin, 1924)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034629

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Described:

Distribution: USA, Mexico

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

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Syntype: Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel (NMB), Switzerland (database search of type material, 08.04.2019) Metaphidippus franciscanus Schenkel, 1951, 8 f (NMB-ARAN-02190 a) -

Taxonomic References

Dendryphantes diplacis Chamberlin, 1924b: 686, f. 130-132 (Dm) Original description

Metaphidippus franciscanus Schenkel, 1951: 39, f. 42 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:056660]

Metaphidippus franciscanus Prószyński, 1971e: 433 (T from Dendryphantes)

Metaphidippus diplacis Richman & Cutler, 1978: 89 (T from Dendryphantes)

Metaphidippus diplacis Maddison, 1996: 312, f. 182-183, 231, 503-508 (mf, S of Metaphidippus franciscanus)

References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1924b). The spider fauna of the shores and islands of the Gulf of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 12: 561-694. -- Show included taxa

Maddison, W. P. (1996). Pelegrina Franganillo and other jumping spiders formerly placed in the genus Metaphidippus (Araneae: Salticidae). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 154: 215-368. -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1971e). Catalogue of Salticidae (Aranei) specimens kept in major collections of the world. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa 28: 367-519. -- Show included taxa

Richman, D. B. & Cutler, B. (1978). A list of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the United States and Canada. Peckhamia 1: 82-110. -- Show included taxa

Schenkel, E. (1951). Spinnentiere aus dem westlichen Nordamerika, gesammelt von Dr. Hans Schenkel-Rudin. Zweiter Teil. Verhandlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel 62: 24-62. -- 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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