Petemathis Explained

Petemathis is a genus of Caribbean jumping spiders that was first described by Jerzy Prószyński & Christa Laetitia Deeleman-Reinhold in 2012.^[1]

Species

it contains five species, found only in Cuba and on the Greater Antilles:^[2]

• Petemathis luteopunctata (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
• Petemathis minuta (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
• Petemathis portoricensis (Petrunkevitch, 1930) (type) – Puerto Rico
• Petemathis tetuani (Petrunkevitch, 1930) – Puerto Rico
• Petemathis unispina (Franganillo, 1930) – Cuba

Notes and References

1. Prószyński. J.. Deeleman-Reinhold. C. L.. 2012. Description of some Salticidae (Aranei) from the Malay archipelago. II. Salticidae of Java and Sumatra, with comments on related species. Arthropoda Selecta. 29–60. 21. 10.15298/arthsel.21.1.04. Jerzy Prószyński. Christa L. Deeleman-Reinhold. free.
2. Gen. Petemathis Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2012. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-09-10. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.