''Metacyrba'' is a

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that was first described by

Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (3 November 1860 – 9 February 1905) was an English arachnologist. He is sometimes confused with his uncle, Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1828–1917), who was also an arachnologist and from whom F. O. ...

in 1901. The name is combined from

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"after, beside" and the salticid genus ''

Cyrba ''Cyrba'' is a genus of spiders in the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). The genus was erected by Hippolyte Lucas in 1846. Description ''Cyrba'' spiders are small to medium size spiders that are usually brightly colored. Their cephalothora ...

''.

Species

, it contains seven species and one subspecies, found in South America,

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, the

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, and on the

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: *''

Metacyrba alberti ''Metacyrba'' is a genus of Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1901. The name is combined from Ancient Greek "after, beside" and the salticid genus ''Cyrba''. Species , it contains sev ...

'' Cala-Riquelme, 2017 –

*'' Metacyrba floridana'' Gertsch, 1934 – USA *'' Metacyrba insularis'' (

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, 1902) –

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(Galapagos Is.) *'' Metacyrba pictipes'' Banks, 1903 –

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*'' Metacyrba punctata'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1894) – USA to Ecuador *'' Metacyrba taeniola'' (Hentz, 1846) (

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) – USA,

**'' Metacyrba t. similis'' Banks, 1904 – USA, Mexico *'' Metacyrba venusta'' ( Chickering, 1946) – Mexico to Venezuela

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Painting of ''M. punctata''

Salticidae genera Salticidae Spiders of North America Spiders of South America Taxa named by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge {{Jumping-spider-stub