Padilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by George and Elizabeth Peckham in 1894. Most males have a characteristic long, forward projecting process on each chelicera that looks like a lance that is bent near the tip. The exception is P. javana, that doesn't have this feature.
Proszynski drew the genitalia of both genders in 1987, and they resemble those of Marengo.
Species it contains nineteen species, most endemic to Madagascar, and one species only occurring on Java: Padilla ambigua Ledoux, 2007 – Réunion Padilla armata Peckham & Peckham, 1894 (type) – 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 Simon, 1900 – Indonesia (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 rhizophorae Dierkens, 2014 – Comoros, Mayotte Padilla sartor Simon, 1900 – Madagascar
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