Simaetha

Template:Short description Template:Automatic taxobox Simaetha is a genus of Australasian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881. They resemble members of Simaethula and Stertinius.

Species

since August 2022Template:Dated maintenance category (articles), it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:

• Simaetha almadenensis Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Simaetha atypica Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Simaetha broomei Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Simaetha cheni (Wang & Li, 2021) – China
• Simaetha cingulata (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
• Simaetha colemani Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
• Simaetha damongpalaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Simaetha deelemanae Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
• Simaetha furiosa (Hogg, 1919) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Simaetha gongi Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 – China
• Simaetha huigang (Wang & Li, 2022) – China
• Simaetha knowlesi Zabka, 1994 – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia)
• Simaetha laminata (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
• Simaetha makinanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Simaetha menglun (Wang & Li, 2020) – China
• Simaetha paetula (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
• Simaetha papuana Zabka, 1994 – New Guinea
• Simaetha pengi (Wang & Li, 2020) – China
• Simaetha reducta (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
• Simaetha robustior (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
• Simaetha tenuidens (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
• Simaetha tenuior (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
• Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)

Irura bidenticulata was initially mistaken by taxonomists for a species belonging to this genus.

External links

• Photograph of S. paetula
• Photographs of S. thoracica

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