Descanso (spider)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Synagelinae

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."

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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