Lepidemathis
Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The four described species are endemic to the Philippines.[1]
| Lepidemathis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Lepidemathis Simon, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Emathis sericea Simon, 1899 | |
| Species | |
Species of Lepidemathis look like large editions of the related genus Emathis.[2] Lepidemathis is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long in females, and up to 13 mm (1⁄2 in) in males.[2]
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
Species
As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis luisae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
- Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis unicolor (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
References
- World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 283.
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