Simaethula

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.

Simaethula
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

Species

As of August 2019^[update] 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)