Tags: Arachnid.
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.