Simaetha is a genus of Australasian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[2] They resemble members of Simaethula and Stertinius.[3]
Species
As of August 2022, it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:[1]
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Simaetha almadenensis Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Simaetha atypica Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Northern Territory)
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Simaetha broomei Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Western Australia)
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Simaetha cheni (Wang & Li, 2021) – China
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Simaetha cingulata (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
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Simaetha colemani Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
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Simaetha damongpalaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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Simaetha deelemanae Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
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Simaetha furiosa (Hogg, 1919) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
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Simaetha gongi Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 – China
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Simaetha huigang (Wang & Li, 2022) – China
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Simaetha knowlesi Zabka, 1994 – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia)
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Simaetha laminata (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
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Simaetha makinanga Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
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Simaetha menglun (Wang & Li, 2020) – China
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Simaetha paetula (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
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Simaetha papuana Zabka, 1994 – New Guinea
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Simaetha pengi (Wang & Li, 2020) – China
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Simaetha reducta (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
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Simaetha robustior (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
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Simaetha tenuidens (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
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Simaetha tenuior (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)
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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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