# Simaethula

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***Simaethula*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [Australian](/source/Australia) [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1902.[2] The name is an alteration of *[Simaetha](/source/Simaetha)*, a related genus.

## Species

As of August 2019 it contains seven species, found only in [Australia](/source/Australia):[1]

- *[Simaethula aurata](/source/Simaethula_aurata)* ([L. Koch](/source/Ludwig_Carl_Christian_Koch), 1879) – [Australia](/source/Australia) ([Queensland](/source/Queensland))
- *[Simaethula auronitens](/source/Simaethula_auronitens)* (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, [New South Wales](/source/New_South_Wales))
- *[Simaethula chalcops](/source/Simaethula_chalcops)* Simon, 1909 – Australia ([Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia))
- *[Simaethula janthina](/source/Simaethula_janthina)* Simon, 1902 ([type](/source/Type_species)) – Australia (Queensland)
- *[Simaethula mutica](/source/Simaethula_mutica)* Szombathy, 1915 – Australia
- *[Simaethula opulenta](/source/Simaethula_opulenta)* (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- *[Simaethula violacea](/source/Simaethula_violacea)* (L. Koch, 1879) – Australia (Queensland)

## References

1. ["Gen. Simaethula Simon, 1902"](http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2963). *World Spider Catalog Version 20.0*. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2019-09-23.

1. Simon, E. (1902). "Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)". *Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique*. **46**: 363–406.

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