''Simaetha cingulata'' is a species of
spider
Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...
of the genus ''
Simaetha
''Simaetha'' is a genus of Australasian Salticidae, 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 ...
''. It is endemic to
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
.
References
Salticidae
Endemic fauna of Sri Lanka
Spiders of Asia
Spiders described in 1892
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