Descanso (spider)

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

see text

Diversity
10 species

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."

Species

References

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