Simaethula | |
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Simaethula sp. | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Salticidae |
Subfamily: | Salticinae |
Genus: |
Simaethula Simon, 1902 [1] |
Type species | |
S. janthina Simon, 1902
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Species | |
7, see text |
Simaethula is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902. [2] The name is an alteration of Simaetha, a related genus.
As of August 2019 [update] it contains seven species, found only in Australia: [1]