Lepidemathis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Euophryinae |
Genus: | Lepidemathis Simon, 1903 |
Type species | |
Emathis sericea Simon, 1899 |
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Species | |
see text |
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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].
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The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.