''Compsodecta'' is a
genus
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of
Caribbean jumping spiders
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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:
*'' Compsodecta darlingtoni'' (Bryant, 1950 ...
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(Bryant, 1950) –
Jamaica
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Compsodecta defloccata''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta festiva''
(Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta gratiosa''
(Bryant, 1950) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta grisea''
(Peckham & Peckham, 1901) (
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) – Jamaica
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Compsodecta haytiensis''
(Banks
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, 1903) –
Hispaniola
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Compsodecta peckhami''
Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
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Compsodecta valida''
(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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