Simaetha

Simaetha is a genus of Australasian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.^[2] They resemble members of Simaethula and Stertinius.^[3]

Simaetha
Simaetha thoracica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Salticidae
Subfamily:	Salticinae
Genus:	Simaetha Thorell, 1881[1]
Type species
S. thoracica Thorell, 1881
Species
23, see text

Species

As of August 2022^[update], it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia:^[1]

• Simaetha almadenensis Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• Simaetha atypica Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Northern Territory)
• Simaetha broomei Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Western Australia)
• Simaetha cheni (Wang & Li, 2021) – China
• Simaetha cingulata (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka
• Simaetha colemani Zabka, 1994 – Australia (Queensland)
• Simaetha damongpalaya Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
• Simaetha deelemanae Zhang, Song & Li, 2003 – Singapore
• Simaetha furiosa (Hogg, 1919) – Indonesia (Sumatra)
• Simaetha gongi Peng, Gong & Kim, 2000 – China
• 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 (type) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland)

Irura bidenticulata was initially mistaken by taxonomists for a species belonging to this genus.