Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Family Salticidae Rank Genus | Phylum Arthropoda Order Araneae Subfamily Hisponinae | |
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Piranthus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).
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Simon compares this genus with Padilla.
According to Thorell, the genus name is taken from Greek mythology.
Description
The female P. decorus is about 9 mm long. The spider is mostly black, with some white pubescence on the sides of the cephalorthorax, and a dark median stripe in the middle of a wide light median band on the longish abdomen. The female palps are yellowish white. The legs are very short, with the first pair much more robust. They are reddish-brown with black rings.
Species
References
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