Padilla (genus)
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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.[1]
[edit] Species
- Padilla armata Peckham & Peckham, 1894 — Madagascar
- Padilla astina Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla boritandroka Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla cornuta (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) — Madagascar
- Padilla foty Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla glauca Simon — Madagascar
- Padilla griswoldi Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla javana Simon, 1900 — Java
- Padilla lancearia Simon, 1900 — Madagascar
- Padilla lavatandroka Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla maingoka Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla manjelatra Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla mantis Simon, 1900 — Madagascar
- Padilla mazavaloha Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla mihaingo Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla mitohy Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla ngeroka Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla ombimanga Andriamalala, 2007
- Padilla sartor Simon, 1900 — Madagascar
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ Murphy & Murphy 2000: 276f
[edit] References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
