Piranthus | |
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Piranthus sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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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]
Piranthus | |
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Piranthus sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]