Decaphora
| Decaphora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Sparassidae |
| Genus: | Decaphora Franganillo, 1931[1] |
| Type species | |
| D. cubana (Banks, 1909)
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Decaphora is a genus of huntsman spiders (family Sparassidae) which is found in tropical America. The genus was established by P. Franganillo-Balboa in 1931.[3]
Species[edit]
As of September 2019[update] it contained five species, found in Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, Mexico, the United States, and Colombia:[1]
- Decaphora cubana (Banks, 1909) (type) – USA, Bahamas, Cuba
- Decaphora kohunlich Rheims & Alayón, 2014 – Mexico, Guatemala
- Decaphora pestai (Reimoser, 1939) – Belize, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
- Decaphora planada Rheims, 2017 – Colombia
- Decaphora variabilis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900) – Mexico
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Gen. Decaphora Franganillo, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-13.
- ^ Rheims, C. A.; Alayón, G. (2014). "The huntsman genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae)". Zootaxa. 3815 (1): 81. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.5. PMID 24943601.
- ^ Franganillo B., P. (1931). "Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930". Estudios de "Belen". 1931 (25): 168–171.