| Simaethula | |
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| Simaethula sp. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Simaethula Simon, 1902[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. janthina Simon, 1902 | |
| Species | |
|
7, see text | |
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.
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)
References
- 1 2 "Gen. Simaethula Simon, 1902". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ 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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