Lepidemathis
| Lepidemathis | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
| Genus: | Lepidemathis Simon, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Emathis sericea Simon, 1899 | |
| Species | |
|
see text | |
| Diversity | |
| 2 species | |
Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The two described species are endemic to the Philippines.
Species of Lepidemathis look like large editions of the related genus Emathis,[1] where the two species were originally described.[2]
Lepidemathis is about 10 mm long in females, and up to 13 in males.[1]
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
Species
- Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
- Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
Footnotes
References
- Murphy, Frances & Murphy, John (2000): An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur.
- Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.
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