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 =
}}
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}}
- 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
References
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Category:Spiders of Central America
Category:Spiders of North America
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