Decaphora

Decaphora
Scientific classification
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)
Species
5, see text
Synonyms [1]
TentabundaFox, 1937 [2]

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

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

• List of Sparassidae species

References

1. "Gen. Decaphora Franganillo, 1931". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2019-10-13.
2. 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.
3. Franganillo B., P. (1931). "Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930". Estudios de "Belen". 1931 (25): 168–171.