Padilla (spider)

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae Rank Genus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Ballinae

Padilla is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all described species are endemic to Madagascar, with one species only occurring on Java.

Most males in this genus have a characteristic very long, forward projecting process on each chelicera, which looks like a lance which has been bent near the tip. It is missing in P. javana. The genitalia of both sexes of a Padilla species are drawn in Proszynski (1987), and resemble those of Marengo.

Species

Padilla ambigua Ledoux, 2007 — Réunion

Padilla armata Peckham & Peckham, 1894 — Madagascar

Padilla astina Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla boritandroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla cornuta (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) — Madagascar

Padilla foty Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla graminicola Ledoux, 2007 — Réunion

Padilla griswoldi Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla javana Simon, 1900 — Java

Padilla lavatandroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla maingoka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla manjelatra Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla mazavaloha Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla mihaingo Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla mitohy Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla ngeroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla ombimanga Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar

Padilla sartor Simon, 1900 — Madagascar

References

Padilla (spider) Wikipedia

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