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
, it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:
- Simaetha almadenensis <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Simaetha atypica <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â Australia (Northern Territory)
- Simaetha broomei <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â Australia (Western Australia)
- Simaetha cheni <small>(Wang & Li, 2021)</small> â China
- Simaetha cingulata <small>(Karsch, 1892)</small> â Sri Lanka
- Simaetha colemani <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â Australia (Queensland)
- Simaetha damongpalaya <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> â Philippines
- Simaetha deelemanae <small>Zhang, Song & Li, 2003</small> â Singapore
- Simaetha furiosa <small>(Hogg, 1919)</small> â Indonesia (Sumatra)
- Simaetha gongi <small>Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000</small> â China
- Simaetha huigang <small>(Wang & Li, 2022)</small> â China
- Simaetha knowlesi <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia)
- Simaetha laminata <small>(Karsch, 1892)</small> â Sri Lanka
- Simaetha makinanga <small>Barrion & Litsinger, 1995</small> â Philippines
- Simaetha menglun <small>(Wang & Li, 2020)</small> â China
- Simaetha paetula <small>(Keyserling, 1882)</small> â New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
- Simaetha papuana <small>Zabka, 1994</small> â New Guinea
- Simaetha pengi <small>(Wang & Li, 2020)</small> â China
- Simaetha reducta <small>(Karsch, 1892)</small> â Sri Lanka
- Simaetha robustior <small>(Keyserling, 1882)</small> â New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- Simaetha tenuidens <small>(Keyserling, 1882)</small> â New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- Simaetha tenuior <small>(Keyserling, 1882)</small> â New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
- Simaetha thoracica <small>Thorell, 1881</small> (type) â Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
Irura bidenticulata was initially mistaken by taxonomists for a species belonging to this genus.
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