''Compsodecta'' is a
genus
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of
Caribbean 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 ...
that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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and on the
Greater Antilles
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:
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Compsodecta darlingtoni
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
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(Bryant, 1950) –
Jamaica
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Compsodecta defloccata''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta festiva
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
*''Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950) � ...
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(Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta gratiosa
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
*''Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950) � ...
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(Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta grisea''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (
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) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta haytiensis
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
*''Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950) � ...
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(Banks
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, 1903) –
Hispaniola
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Compsodecta peckhami
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
*''Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950) � ...
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Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
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Compsodecta valida
''Compsodecta'' is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1903.
Species
it contains eight species, found only in Jamaica and on the Greater Antilles:
*''Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950) � ...
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(Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
References
External links
Diagnostic drawings of several species
Salticidae genera
Fauna of Jamaica
Salticidae
Spiders of the Caribbean
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