Lepidemathis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Lepidemathis | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||||||||
|
||||||||||||||||
| Diversity | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 species | ||||||||||||||||
| Type species | ||||||||||||||||
| Emathis sericea Simon, 1899 |
||||||||||||||||
| Species | ||||||||||||||||
|
see text |
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].
Contents |
[edit] Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
[edit] Species
- Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
- Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) — Philippines
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] 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.
