Piranthus
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| Piranthus | |
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| Piranthus sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Piranthus Thorell, 1895 |
| Type species | |
| Piranthus decorus Thorell, 1895 | |
| Species | |
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Piranthus is a genus of jumping spiders first described in 1895 by Tamerlan Thorell, who derived the name from Greek mythology.[1] As of February 2019[update] this genus contains only two species.[2]
The first male was described in June 2020.[3] These spiders are mostly black with some white pubescence on the sides of the cephalothorax. The longish abdomen has a dark median stripe in the middle of a wide light median band. The legs are reddish-brown with black rings and very short, with the first pair much more robust than the others.[4] The palps of females are yellowish white and the female P. decorus is about 9 millimetres (1⁄3 in) long.[4] Eugène Simon compared this genus with Padilla.[4]
