Descanso (spider)

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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Descanso
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

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Descanso is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

[edit] Etymology

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)
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