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 Australia:

• 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.

References

External links

• Photograph of

• Photographs of