Lepidemathis

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Lepidemathis
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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 four described species are endemic to the Philippines. [1]

Contents

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]

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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.