Lepidemathis
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| Genus: | Lepidemathis Simon, 1903
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| Emathis sericea Simon, 1899
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| 4 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
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
Species
As of June 2017, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:[1]
- Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis luisae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
- Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
- Lepidemathis unicolor (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines
References
- ^ a b World Spider Catalog (2017). "Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903". World Spider Catalog. 18.0. Bern: Natural History Museum. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ^ 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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