Lepidemathis

Lepidemathis
Lepidemathis sericea (male) from Bukidnon, Philippines
Scientific classification Edit this 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

See text.

Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The described species are endemic to the Philippines.

Species of Lepidemathis look like larger versions of the related genus Emathis. Lepidemathis is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long in females, and up to 13 mm (1⁄2 in) in males.

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.

Species

As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:

References

  1. 1 2 World Spider Catalog (2021). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 283.