Simaethula

Simaethula is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.[2] The name is an alteration of Simaetha, a related genus.

Simaethula
Simaethula sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Genus: Simaethula
Simon, 1902[1]
Type species
S. janthina
Simon, 1902
Species

7, see text

Species

As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found only in Australia:[1]

  • Simaethula aurata (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Simaethula auronitens (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Simaethula janthina Simon, 1902 (type) – Australia (Queensland)
  • Simaethula mutica Szombathy, 1915 – Australia
  • Simaethula opulenta (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • Simaethula violacea (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland)
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References
  1. "Gen. Simaethula Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
  2. Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique. 46: 363–406.


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