Lepidemathis Explained

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 10frac=8NaNfrac=8 long in females, and up to 13frac=8NaNfrac=8 in males.^[2]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.

Species

As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:^[1]

• Lepidemathis cavinti Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
• Lepidemathis dogmai Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
• Lepidemathis haemorrhoidalis (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
• Lepidemathis lipa Barrion-Dupo & Barrion, 2020 – Philippines (Luzon)
• Lepidemathis luisae Freudenschuss & Seiter, 2016 – Philippines
• Lepidemathis sericea (Simon, 1899) – Philippines
• Lepidemathis unicolor (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines

Notes and References

1. Web site: World Spider Catalog. 2021. Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum. Bern. 18.0. 31 October 2021.
2. Book: Murphy. Frances. Murphy. John. 2000. An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia. Malaysian Nature Society. Kuala Lumpur. 283.