Descanso (spider) explained

Descanso is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892.^[1] 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:^[2]

• Descanso chapoda Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
• Descanso discicollis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
• Descanso formosus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
• Descanso insolitus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
• Descanso magnus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
• Descanso montanus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
• Descanso peregrinus Chickering, 1946 – Panama, Colombia
• Descanso sobrius Galiano, 1986 – Brazil
• Descanso vagus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (type) – Brazil
• Descanso ventrosus Galiano, 1986 – Brazil

Notes and References

1. Peckham. G. W.. Peckham. E. G.. 1892. Ant-like spiders of the family Attidae. Occasional Papers of the Natural History Society of Wisconsin. 1–84. 2. 1. George and Elizabeth Peckham. George and Elizabeth Peckham.
2. Gen. Descanso Peckham & Peckham, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-07. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2. Gloor. Daniel. Nentwig. Wolfgang. Blick. Theo. Kropf. Christian.