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."
Species
it contains ten species, found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Panama, and on Hispaniola:
- Descanso chapoda <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1892</small> â Brazil
- Descanso discicollis <small>(Taczanowski, 1878)</small> â Peru
- Descanso formosus <small>Bryant, 1943</small> â Hispaniola
- Descanso insolitus <small>Chickering, 1946</small> â Panama
- Descanso magnus <small>Bryant, 1943</small> â Hispaniola
- Descanso montanus <small>Bryant, 1943</small> â Hispaniola
- Descanso peregrinus <small>Chickering, 1946</small> â Panama, Colombia
- Descanso sobrius <small>Galiano, 1986</small> â Brazil
- Descanso vagus <small>Peckham & Peckham, 1892</small> (type) â Brazil
- Descanso ventrosus <small>Galiano, 1986</small> â Brazil
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