Lepidemathis
Appearance
Lepidemathis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
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
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Species | |
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
[edit]The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
Species
[edit]As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Lepidemathis cavinti Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Lepidemathis dogmai Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis lipa Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
- Lepidemathis luisae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
- Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis unicolor (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
References
[edit]- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2021). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ a b Murphy, Frances; Murphy, John (2000). An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society. p. 283.