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Genus: Parnaenus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1896 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Parnaenus metallicus (C. L. Koch, 1846)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:035204

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Described:

Distribution: Brazil, Argentina

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

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Phidippus metallicus C. L. Koch, 1846, (1654a) -

Taxonomic References

Phidippus metallicus C. L. Koch, 1846: 151, f. 1207 (Dm) Original description

Dendryphantes metallicus Simon, 1901a: 625

Phidippus metallicus Prószyński, 1971e: 455 (T from Dendryphantes)

Parnaenus metallicus Scioscia, 1997: 44, f. 20-30 (m, Df, T from Phidippus)

Parnaenus metallicus Prószyński, 2017b: 94, f. 42P (mf)

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

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

Prószyński, J. (2017b). Pragmatic classification of the world's Salticidae (Araneae). Ecologica Montenegrina 12: 1-133. doi: 10.37828/em.2017.12.1 -- Show included taxa

Scioscia, C. L. (1997). Revisión del género Parnaenus Peckham y Peckham, 1896 (Araneae, Salticidae). Physis, Revista de la Sociedad Argentina de Ciencias Naturales, Sección C 53: 37-47. -- 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
2017-09-20	New taxonomic reference entry	Prószyński, 2017b