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Insecta Mundi

2005

Araneae

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A Review Of Described Metacyrba, The Status Of Parkella, And Notes On Platycryptus And Balmaceda, With A Comparison Of The Genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae), G. B. Edwards Dec 2005

A Review Of Described Metacyrba, The Status Of Parkella, And Notes On Platycryptus And Balmaceda, With A Comparison Of The Genera (Araneae: Salticidae: Marpissinae), G. B. Edwards

Insecta Mundi

Parkella Chickering 1946 = Metacyrba F. O. P.-Cambridge 1901, n. syn.; Parkella venusta Chickering 1946 = Metacyrba venusta (Chickering 1946), n. comb.; Parkella fusca Chickering 1946 and Dendryphantes franganilloi Caporiacco 1955 = Metacyrba venusta (Chickering 1946), n. syn. The six valid described species of Metacyrba are diagnosed and re-illustrated to show previously unrecognized genitalic differences. Metacyrba similis Banks 1904 is resurrected as a subspecies, becoming Metacyrba taeniola similis Banks 1904, n. status. The female of Metacyrba pictipes Banks 1903 is described for the first time. Metacyrba arizonensis Barnes 1958 = Platycryptus arizonensis (Barnes 1958), n. comb., and Marpissa magna (Peckham …