''Simaethula'' is a
genus
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of
Australia
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jumping spiders
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that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
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''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 ...
'', a related genus.
Species
it contains seven species, found only in
Australia
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:
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Simaethula aurata''
( L. Koch, 1879) –
Australia
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(
Queensland
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Simaethula auronitens''
(L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland,
New South Wales
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Simaethula chalcops
''Simaethula'' is a genus of Australian Salticidae, jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon, Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. The name is an alteration of ''Simaetha'', a related genus.
Species
it contains seven species, found only ...
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Simon, 1909 – Australia (
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Simaethula janthina''
Simon, 1902 (
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) – Australia (Queensland)
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Simaethula mutica''
Szombathy, 1915 – Australia
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Simaethula opulenta''
(L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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Simaethula violacea''
(L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland)
References
Salticidae genera
Salticidae
Spiders of Australia
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