Genus Simaethula Simon, 1902

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• Simaethula Simon, E. 1902. Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique (Comptes-rendus) 46: 24-56, 363-406 [399].

  Type species:

   Simaethula janthina Simon, 1902 by original designation.

Distribution

States

Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

IBRA and IMCRA regions

IBRA

ACT, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Jarrah Forest (JF), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Pilbara (PIL), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Victorian Midlands (VM), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL) ; NSW, Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN)

Distribution References

Ecological Descriptors

Arthropod-feeder, carnivorous, predator.

General References

Maddison, W.P. 2015. A phylogenetic classification of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae). Journal of Arachnology 43: 231-292

Richardson, B.J., Whyte, R. & Zabka, M. 2019. A key to the genera of Australian jumping spiders (Aranaea: Salticidae). https://apps.lucidcentral.org/salticidae/

Richardson, B.J., Żabka, M., Gray, M.R. & Milledge, G. 2006. Distributional patterns of jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) in Australia. Journal of Biogeography 33: 707-719 (Gives BIOCLIM predicted distribution of the genus)

Whyte, R. & Anderson, G. 2017. A field guide to the spiders of Australia. Clayton : CSIRO Publishing pp.

Żabka, M. 1990. Remarks on Salticidae (Araneae) of Australia. Acta Zoologica Fennica 190: 415-418

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