Simaethula

Taxobox
name = "Simaethula"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
familia = Salticidae
subfamilia = Marpissinae
tribus = Simaethini
genus = "Simaethula"
genus_authority = Simon, 1902
diversity_link = List of Salticidae species#Simaethula
diversity = 7 species
type_species = "Simaethula janthina"
type_species_authority = Simon, 1902
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subdivision_ranks = Species
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"Simaethula" is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

This genus is endemic to Australia.

Name

The genus name is an alteration of "Simaetha", a related genus.

pecies

* "Simaethula aurata" (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland
* "Simaethula auronitens" (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New South Wales
* "Simaethula chalcops" Simon, 1909 — Western Australia
* "Simaethula janthina" Simon, 1902 — Queensland
* "Simaethula mutica" Szombathy, 1915 — Australia
* "Simaethula opulenta" (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New South Wales
* "Simaethula violacea" (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland

References

* (2007): [http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html The world spider catalog] , version 8.0. "American Museum of Natural History".