Padilla is a spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Almost all described species are endemic

Endemic (ecology)

Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 to Madagascar

Madagascar

The Republic of Madagascar is an island country located in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa...

, with one species only occurring on Java

Java

Java is an island of Indonesia. With a population of 135 million , it is the world's most populous island, and one of the most densely populated regions in the world. It is home to 60% of Indonesia's population. The Indonesian capital city, Jakarta, is in west Java...

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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

Marengo

Marengo may refer to:* The Battle of Marengo, in 1800 in northern Italy* French ship Marengo* Chicken Marengo, a food dish* Marengo , a genus of jumping spiders* Marengo , Napoleon's horse...

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Species

• Padilla ambigua Ledoux, 2007 — Réunion
  Réunion
  Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...
  
  
• Padilla armata Peckham & Peckham, 1894 — Madagascar
• Padilla astina Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla boritandroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla cornuta (Peckham & Peckham, 1885) — Madagascar
• Padilla foty Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla graminicola Ledoux, 2007 — Réunion
• Padilla griswoldi Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla javana
  Padilla javana
  Padilla javana is the only species of jumping spider in the genus Padilla which occurs on Java, with most others found in Madagascar, and one in China.-Description:...
  
  Simon, 1900 — Java
• Padilla lavatandroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla maingoka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla manjelatra Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla mazavaloha Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla mihaingo Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla mitohy Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla ngeroka Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla ombimanga Andriamalala, 2007 — Madagascar
• Padilla sartor Simon, 1900 — Madagascar