Piranthus Thorell 1895

GenusPiranthusThorell, 1895 Type species. Piranthus decorus Thorell, 1895; type locality Palon, Myanmar. Comments. Piranthus is considered as a member of the tribe Baviini Simon, 1901 (Maddison 2015; Maddison et al. 2020). To date, six species are known from tropical Asia (WSC 2024), of which four were described by Maddison et al. (2020). The genus is relatively well studied because all members are known from diagnostic drawings, and only two are known from a single sex (WSC 2024). Besides the below-described new species, the generotype has also been found in Hainan, China.