Decaphora

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Decaphora

| authority = Franganillo, 1931

| type_species = D. cubana

| type_species_authority = (Banks, 1909)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 5, see text

| synonyms =

  • Tentabunda Fox, 1937{{cite journal| last1=Rheims| first1=C. A.| last2=Alayón| first2=G.| year=2014| title=The huntsman genus Decaphora Franganillo, 1931 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Sparianthinae)| journal=Zootaxa| volume=3815| issue=1| page=81| doi=10.11646/zootaxa.3815.1.5| pmid=24943601}}

| synonyms_ref =

}}

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.{{cite journal| last=Franganillo B.| first=P.| year=1931| title=Excursiones arachnológicas, durante el mes de agosto de 1930| journal=Estudios de "Belen"| pages=168–171| volume=1931| issue=25}}

Species

{{as of|2019|09}}, it contained five species, found in Central America, Cuba, the Bahamas, Mexico, the United States, and Colombia:{{cite journal| title=Gen. Decaphora Franganillo, 1931| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| accessdate=2019-10-13| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3106| doi=10.24436/2}}

See also

References

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Category:Sparassidae genera

Category:Spiders of Central America

Category:Spiders of North America

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