See text Thrandina is a genus of jumping spiders, with three species found in Ecuador.

[2] Thrandina and its sister genus Galianora share the ancestral salticid traits of a tarsal claw on the female palpus and a median apophysis on the male palp.

Their carapace is dark brown to black, except for a central pale longitudinal stripe on the thorax.

Males walk fluid but hesitantly, frequently pausing and then raising and lowering.their first two pairs of legs in synchrony.

Tolkien's mythology, which, as Thrandina, inhabit shady forests, and andina, referring to the Andean habitat.