Descanso (spider)

This article is about a genus of spiders. For other uses, see Descanso.

Descanso
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Descanso
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Type species
D. vagus
Peckham & Peckham, 1892
Species

10, see text

Descanso is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892. The name is derived from Spanish descanso, meaning "resting place (of a dead person)", from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest."

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