Decaphora Explained

Decaphora is a genus of huntsman spiders (family Sparassidae) which is found in tropical America. The genus was established by P. Franganillo-Balboa in 1931.^[1]

Species

it contained five species, found in Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, Mexico, the United States, and Colombia:^[2]

• Decaphora cubana (Banks, 1909) (type) – USA, Bahamas, Cuba
• Decaphora kohunlich Rheims & Alayón, 2014 – Mexico, Guatemala
• Decaphora pestai (Reimoser, 1939) – Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
• Decaphora planada Rheims, 2017 – Colombia
• Decaphora variabilis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Mexico

See also

• List of Sparassidae species

Notes and References

1. Franganillo B.. P.. 1931. Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930. Estudios de "Belen". 168–171. 1931. 25.
2. Gen. Decaphora Franganillo, 1931. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-10-13. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.