Lepidemathis

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Lepidemathis
Scientific classification e
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 (38 in) long in females, and up to 13 mm (12 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[]

  1. ^ 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)
  2. ^ 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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