Lepidemathis

Lepidemathis is a spider genus of the jumping spider family, Salticidae. The described species are endemic to the Philippines.^[1]

Lepidemathis
Lepidemathis sericea (male) from Bukidnon, Philippines
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Lepidemathis Simon, 1903
Type species
Emathis sericea Simon, 1899
Species
See text.

Species of Lepidemathis look like larger versions of the related genus Emathis.^[2] Lepidemathis is about 10 mm (3⁄8 in) long in females, and up to 13 mm (1⁄2 in) in males.^[2]

Name

The genus name is a combination of Ancient Greek lepis "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