title: Descanso (spider)
text: # Descanso (spider)
  
  Descanso is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1892. The name is derived from Spanish descanso, meaning "resting place (of a dead person)", from the verb descansar "to (have a) rest."
  
  ## Species
  
  As of June 2019 it contains ten species, found in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Panama, and on Hispaniola:
  
  * Descanso chapoda Peckham & Peckham, 1892 – Brazil
  * Descanso discicollis (Taczanowski, 1878) – Peru
  * Descanso formosus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
  * Descanso insolitus Chickering, 1946 – Panama
  * Descanso magnus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
  * Descanso montanus Bryant, 1943 – Hispaniola
  * Descanso peregrinus Chickering, 1946 – Panama, Colombia
  * Descanso sobrius Galiano, 1986 – Brazil
  * Descanso vagus Peckham & Peckham, 1892 (type) – Brazil
  * Descanso ventrosus Galiano, 1986 – Brazil
  