see text Piranthus is a genus of jumping spiders first described in 1895 by Tamerlan Thorell, who derived the name from Greek mythology.

[3] These spiders are mostly black with some white pubescence on the sides of the cephalothorax.

The legs are reddish-brown with black rings and very short, with the first pair much more robust than the others.

[4] Eugène Simon compared this genus with Padilla.

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