Descanso (genus)

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Descanso
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Synagelinae
Tribe: Synagelini
Genus: Descanso
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Diversity
10 species
Type species
Descanso vagus
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

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Descanso is a genus of jumping spiders.

[edit] Name

The genus name is derived from Spanish descanso "resting place (of a dead person)," from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest."

[edit] Species

  • Descanso chapoda Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Brazil
  • Descanso discicollis (Taczanowski, 1878) — Peru
  • Descanso formosus Bryant, 1943 — Hispaniola
  • Descanso insolitus Chickering, 1946 — Panama
  • Descanso magnus Bryant, 1943 — Hispaniola
  • Descanso montanus Bryant, 1943 — Hispaniola
  • Descanso peregrinus Chickering, 1946 — Panama
  • Descanso sobrius Galiano, 1986 — Brazil
  • Descanso vagus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 — Brazil
  • Descanso ventrosus Galiano, 1986 — Brazil

[edit] References


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