Lepidemathis

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
	; Simon, 1899
Species
	See text.

Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The four described species are endemic to the Philippines.^[1]

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 October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:^[1]

Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
(Simon, 1899) – Philippines
Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
(Simon, 1899) – Philippines
(Karsch, 1880) – Philippines

References[]

^ ^a ^b World Spider Catalog (2021). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^ ^a ^b 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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[wsc-1] World Spider Catalog (2021). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

[murphy283-2] 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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