Descanso (genus)

Taxobox
name = "Descanso"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Synagelinae
tribus = Synagelini
genus = "Descanso"
genus_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1892
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Descanso
diversity = 10 species
type_species = "Descanso vagus"
type_species_authority = Peckham & Peckham, 1892
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"Descanso" is a genus of jumping spiders.

Name

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

pecies

* "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

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".