[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains two species, both endemic to eastern Asia: W. denticulata and W.

[1] It is related to Portia,[3] and is the only member of the subfamily Spartaeinae with well-developed palpal conductors.

[1] It is named in honor of arachnologist Fred R. Wanless, who described more than a dozen salticid genera from 1970 to 1990.

The opisthosoma is yellow to white with similar markings near the rear, and is covered with amber-grey hairs.

This article related to jumping spiders (Salticidae) is a stub.