Lepidemathis
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
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| taxon = Lepidemathis
| authority = Simon, 1903
| type_species = Emathis sericea
| type_species_authority = Simon, 1899
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = See text.
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Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The described species are endemic to the Philippines.{{cite web|author=World Spider Catalog|year=2021|title=Gen. Lepidemathis Simon, 1903|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2738|website=World Spider Catalog|publisher=Natural History Museum|place=Bern|version=18.0|accessdate=31 October 2021}}
Species of Lepidemathis look like large editions of the related genus Emathis.{{cite book|last1=Murphy|first1=Frances|last2=Murphy|first2=John|year=2000|title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia|publisher=Malaysian Nature Society|place=Kuala Lumpur|page=283}} Lepidemathis is about {{convert|10|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}} long in females, and up to {{convert|13|mm|in|frac=8|abbr=on}} in males.
Name
The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek {{Transliteration|grc|lepis}} "scale" and the related salticid genus Emathis.
Species
As of October 2021, the World Spider Catalog lists the following species in the genus:
- 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