''Simaetha'' is a

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that was first described by

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

in 1881. They resemble members of '' Simaethula'' and '' Stertinius''.

Species

, it contains 23 species, found only in Asia,

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, and

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Simaetha almadenensis ''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, an ...

'' Zabka, 1994 –

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) *'' Simaetha atypica'' Zabka, 1994 – Australia (

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) *'' Simaetha broomei'' Zabka, 1994 – Australia (

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) *'' Simaetha cheni'' (Wang & Li, 2021) – China *'' Simaetha cingulata'' ( Karsch, 1892) –

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*'' Simaetha colemani'' Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland) *'' Simaetha damongpalaya'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

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*'' Simaetha deelemanae'' Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 –

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*'' Simaetha furiosa'' ( Hogg, 1919) –

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Simaetha gongi ''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 ...

'' Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 –

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*'' 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 (

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) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) '' Irura bidenticulata'' was initially mistaken by taxonomists for a species belonging to this genus.

References

External links

Photograph of ''S. paetula''

Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Jumping-spider-stub