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Simaethula

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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.

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Vinony's link graph records 2 inbound references to Simaethula, and connects out to Salticidae, Australia and Animalia.

It is catalogued under topics including Salticidae, Salticidae genera and Spiders of Australia.

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Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilySalticidae

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Specimen records
90
With media
1
Family
Salticidae
Collections
NMV, AM
Recorded in
Australia

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Salticidae
Image
Simaethula sp. (14538519273).jpg
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endemic to
Australia
Commons category
Simaethula
taxon author citation
Simon, 1902
topic's main category
Category:Simaethula
taxon name
Simaethula
taxon rank
genus
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Encyclopedic overview

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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: 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)

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