Simaetha

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

Simaetha
Simaetha thoracica
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Salticidae
Subfamily:Salticinae
Genus:SimaethaThorell, 1881
S. thoracicaThorell, 1881
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Simaetha is a genus of Australasian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881. They resemble members of Simaethula and Stertinius.

As of August 2022, 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.

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

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