Simaetha
# Simaetha

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

As of August 2022, 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.

