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Lepidemathis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Salticidae

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Araneae

Subfamily
  
Euophryinae

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Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). The two described species are endemic to the Philippines.

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Species of Lepidemathis look like large editions of the related genus Emathis, where the two species were originally described.

Lepidemathis is about 10 mm long in females, and up to 13 in males.

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
  • References

    Lepidemathis Wikipedia