Pseudemathis

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Pseudemathis trifida

| authority = Simon, 1902

| parent_authority = Simon, 1902

}}

Pseudemathis trifida (male).jpg|Pseudemathis trifida (male)

Pseudemathis trifida (femelle).jpg|Pseudemathis trifida (female)

Pseudemathis is a monotypic genus of African jumping spiders containing the single species, Pseudemathis trifida. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902,{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1902| title=Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=363–406| volume=46| author-link=Eugène_Simon}} and is found only in Africa.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Pseudemathis Simon, 1902| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-12| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2913| doi=10.24436/2}} The name is a combination of the Ancient Greek "pseudo-" ({{lang|grc|ψευδής}}), meaning "false", and the salticid genus name Emathis.