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Descanso

Arachnida - Araneae - Salticidae

Taxonomy
Descanso was named by Peckham and Peckham (1892). It is extant.

It was assigned to Euophrydinae by Wunderlich (2004); to Salticidae by Dunlop et al. (2013); and to Synagelina by Maddison (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Descanso Peckham and Peckham
2004Descanso Wunderlich
2013Descanso Dunlop et al. p. 180
2015Descanso Maddison p. 277

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
Planaterga
Dekatriata
SclerophorataKamenz et al. 2011
classArachnidaLamarck 1801
RankNameAuthor
Pantetrapulmonata
subclassTetrapulmonataSchultz 1990
Serikodiastida
orderAraneae
suborderOpisthothelaePocock 1892
infraorderAraneomorphaeSmith 1902
EntelegynaeSimon 1893
DionychaPetrunkevitch 1928
familySalticidaeBlackwall 1841
subfamilySalticinaeBlackwall 1841
SalticoidaMaddison and Hedin 2003
MarpissoidaMaddison and Hedin 2003
tribeDendryphantini(Menge 1879)
subtribeSynagelina(Pickard-Cambridge 1900)
genusDescansoPeckham and Peckham 1892

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Descanso Peckham and Peckham 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: chitinc
Grouping: solitaryc
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Created: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Modified: 2017-04-17 09:55:58
Source: c = class
Reference: Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Dominican Republic D. sp. (146557)