World Spider Catalog

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

Metaphidippus smithi (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:034659

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Paraguay

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

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Taxonomic References

Dendryphantes smithii Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 328, pl. 28, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Metaphidippus smithi Mello-Leitão, 1947b: 301

Metaphidippus smithi Prószyński, 1971e: 434 (T from Dendryphantes)

References

Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1947b). Aranhas do Paraná e Santa Catarina, das coleções do Museu Paranaense. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense 6: 231-304. -- Show included taxa

Peckham, G. W. & Peckham, E. G. (1901a). Spiders of the Phidippus group of the family Attidae. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters 13: 282-358. -- 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

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
2021-07-05	Species distribution update	Pett, Rubio & Stolar, 2021	Old value