Descanso Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: | Descanso Peckham & Peckham, 1892[1] |
Type species | |
D. vagus Peckham & Peckham, 1892
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Species | |
10, see text |
Descanso is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.[2] The name is derived from Spanish descanso, meaning "resting place (of a dead person)", from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest."
As of June 2019[update] it contains ten species, found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Panama, and on Hispaniola:[1]