''Padillothorax'' is a genus of southeastern Asian

jumping spiders Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae. As of 2019, this family contained over 600 described genera and over 6,000 described species, making it the largest family of spiders at 13% of all species. Jumping ...

first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1901. it contains only two species.

Taxonomy

First described by

in 1901, ''Padillothorax'' was synonymized with ''

Stagetillus ''Stagetillus'' is a monotypic genus of Southeast Asian jumping spiders containing the single species, ''Stagetillus opaciceps''. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1885, and is found in Indonesia , Philippines and Malaysia. Fe ...

'' by Jerzy Prószyński in 1987. ''Stagetillus'' was placed in the tribe Baviini, part of the

Salticoida Salticoida is an unranked clade of the jumping spider family Salticidae. It is the larger and more widespread of the two subdivisions of the "typical" jumping spiders (subfamily Salticinae), occurring effectively world-wide. Its sister clade is ...

clade of the subfamily

Salticinae Salticinae is a subfamily of jumping spiders (family Salticidae). It includes over 90% of the known species of jumping spiders. The subfamily is divided into two unranked clades: Amycoida and Salticoida. Description Members of the subfamily Sa ...

by Wayne Maddison in 2015, on the basis of

molecular phylogenetic Molecular phylogenetics () is the branch of phylogeny that analyzes genetic, hereditary molecular differences, predominantly in DNA sequences, to gain information on an organism's evolutionary relationships. From these analyses, it is possible to ...

evidence, although only a single unidentified species of ''Stagetillus'' from Selangor was included in the analysis. In 2017, Prószyński recognized the genus again, but did not include the type species, ''Padillothorax semiostrinus'', so his action was not valid under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. He included this species in 2018, thus successfully reviving the genus. He also transferred a species included in ''Padillothorax'' by Reimoser in 1927 to a new genus ''

Padillothorus ''Padillothorus'' is a genus of jumping spiders in the family Salticidae containing the single species, ''Padillothorus elegans''. It was first described by Jerzy Prószyński in 2018, and has only been found in Indonesia Indonesia, offi ...

'', leaving two species in ''Padillothorax''.

Species

, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species: *'' Padillothorax badut'' Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' Padillothorax casteti'' (Simon, 1900) – India *'' Padillothorax exilis'' (Cao & Li, 2016) – China *'' Padillothorax flavopunctus'' (Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018) – Sri Lanka *'' Padillothorax mulu'' Maddison, 2020 – Malaysia (Borneo) *'' Padillothorax semiostrinus'' Simon, 1901 ( type species) – Malaysia (peninsula), Singapore, Taiwan? *'' Padillothorax taprobanicus'' Simon, 1902 – Sri Lanka

References

Salticidae genera Salticidae {{Salticidae-stub