''Descanso'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping spi ...

that was first described by

George and Elizabeth Peckham George Williams Peckham (March 23, 1845 – January 10, 1914) and Elizabeth Maria Gifford Peckham (December 19, 1854 – February 11, 1940) were a married couple who were early American teachers, taxonomists, ethologists, arachno ...

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

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Panama Panama ( , ; es, link=no, Panamá ), officially the Republic of Panama ( es, República de Panamá), is a transcontinental country spanning the southern part of North America and the northern part of South America. It is bordered by Cos ...

, and on

Hispaniola Hispaniola (, also ; es, La Española; Latin and french: Hispaniola; ht, Ispayola; tnq, Ayiti or Quisqueya) is an island in the Caribbean that is part of the Greater Antilles. Hispaniola is the most populous island in the West Indies, and th ...

: *'' Descanso chapoda'' Peckham & Peckham, 1892 –

*'' Descanso discicollis'' (

Taczanowski Taczanowski (Polish feminine: Taczanowska; plural: Taczanowscy) is the surname of a Polish szlachta (nobility) family from Poznań bearing the Jastrzębiec coat of arms and the motto: ''Plus penser que dire''. They took their name from th ...

, 1878) –

*'' Descanso formosus'' Bryant, 1943 –

*'' Descanso insolitus''

Chickering Chickering may refer to: * Chickering, Suffolk, a place in Suffolk, England * Chickering & Sons, the piano company that was created by Jonas Chickering * Arthur M. Chickering, an arachnologist * Arthur W. Chickering, a researcher of student devel ...

, 1946 –

*'' Descanso magnus'' Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola *'' Descanso montanus'' Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola *'' Descanso peregrinus'' Chickering, 1946 – Panama,

*'' Descanso sobrius'' Galiano, 1986 – Brazil *'' Descanso vagus'' Peckham & Peckham, 1892 ( type) – Brazil *'' Descanso ventrosus'' Galiano, 1986 – Brazil

References

Salticidae genera Fauna of Hispaniola Salticidae Spiders of Central America Spiders of South America Spiders of the Caribbean Arthropods of the Dominican Republic {{Jumping-spider-stub