Compsodecta

Compsodecta is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.[3]

Compsodecta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Compsodecta
Simon, 1903[1]
Type species
C. grisea
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901)
Species

8, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Paradecta Bryant, 1950[2]

Species

As of June 2019 it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:[1]

  • Compsodecta darlingtoni (Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
  • Compsodecta defloccata (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
  • Compsodecta festiva (Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
  • Compsodecta gratiosa (Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
  • Compsodecta grisea (Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (type) – Jamaica
  • Compsodecta haytiensis (Banks, 1903) – Hispaniola
  • Compsodecta peckhami Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
  • Compsodecta valida (Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
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References
  1. "Gen. Compsodecta Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. Zhang, J. X.; Maddison, W. P. (2015). "Genera of euophryine jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae), with a combined molecular-morphological phylogeny". Zootaxa. 3938 (1): 18. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3938.1.1</a>.
  3. Simon, E (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris: Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.


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