Biology:Simaetha
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Short description: Genus of spiders
| Simaetha | |
|---|---|
| Simaetha thoracica | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Simaetha Thorell, 1881[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. thoracica Thorell, 1881
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| Species | |
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23, see text | |
Simaetha is a genus of Australasian jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1881.[2] They resemble members of Simaethula and Stertinius.[3]
Species
As of August 2022[update], it contains 23 species, found only in Asia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia :[1]
- 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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Gen. Simaetha Thorell, 1881. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2962. Retrieved 2019-09-23.
- ↑ Thorell, T. (1881). "Studi sui Ragni Malesi e Papuani. III. Ragni dell'Austro Malesia e del Capo York, conservati nel Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova". Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova 17: 1–727.
- ↑ Zhang, J.X.; Song, D.X.; Li, D. (2003). "Six new and one newly recorded species of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Singapore and Malaysia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 51 (2): 187–195. http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/51/51rbz187-195.pdf.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1481042 entry
