Piranthus

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 this genus contains only two species.[2]

Piranthus
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
  • Piranthus casteti Simon, 1900 – India
  • Piranthus decorus Thorell, 1895 – Burma

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Diversity
2 species

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]

References
  1. Thorell, Tamerlan (1895). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma.
  2. "Gen. Piranthus Thorell, 1895". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-03-18.
  3. Karunnappilli et al. 2020: The first described male of the Asian jumping spider genus Piranthus Thorell, 1895 (Araneae: Salticidae: Baviini)
  4. Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 286.
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