Compsodecta
Encyclopedia
Compsodecta is a genus
of the spider
family Salticidae (jumping spiders), with six described species from the Central American region.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of the spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...
family Salticidae (jumping spiders), with six described species from the Central American region.
Species
- Compsodecta defloccata (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Jamaica)
- Compsodecta grisea (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (Jamaica)
- Compsodecta haytiensis (Banks, 1903) (Hispaniola)
- Compsodecta maxillosa (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1901) (Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua)
- Compsodecta montana Chickering, 1946 (Panama)
- Compsodecta peckhami Bryant, 1943 (Hispaniola)