''Compsodecta'' is a
genus
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of
Caribbean
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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''
(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 Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, 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 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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