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that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881. They resemble members of ''

Simaethula ''Simaethula'' is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. The name is an alteration of ''Simaetha'', a related genus. Species it contains seven species, found only in Australia: *'' Simaethu ...

'' and '' Stertinius''.

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, it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and

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Simaetha almadenensis ''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 ...

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Simaetha atypica ''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 ...

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Simaetha broomei ''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 ...

'' Zabka, 1994 – Australia ( Western Australia) *''

Simaetha cheni ''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 ...

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Simaetha cingulata ''Simaetha cingulata'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Simaetha''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std= ...

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Simaetha colemani ''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 ...

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Simaetha damongpalaya ''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 ...

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Simaetha deelemanae ''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 ...

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Simaetha furiosa ''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 ...

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Simaetha gongi ''Simaetha'' is a genus of Australasian Salticidae, 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 ...

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*'' 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 ''Simaetha'' is a genus of Australasian Salticidae, 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 ...

'' (Wang & Li, 2020) – China *'' Simaetha paetula'' (

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Simaetha papuana ''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 ...

'' Zabka, 1994 – New Guinea *''

Simaetha pengi ''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, ...

'' (Wang & Li, 2020) – China *''

Simaetha reducta ''Simaetha reducta'' is a species of spider of the genus ''Simaetha''. It is endemic to Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=IS ...

'' (Karsch, 1892) – Sri Lanka *'' Simaetha robustior'' (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) *'' Simaetha tenuidens'' (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) *''

Simaetha tenuior ''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, and ...

'' (Keyserling, 1882) – New Guinea, Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) *''

Simaetha thoracica ''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 ...

'' Thorell, 1881 (

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) – Australia (Western Australia, Queensland) '' Irura bidenticulata'' was initially mistaken by taxonomists for a species belonging to this genus.

References

External links

Photograph of ''S. paetula''

Salticidae Salticidae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Australia Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell {{Jumping-spider-stub