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

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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:

References