Simaetha Thorell, 1881

Wang, Cheng, Mi, Xiaoqi, Li, Shuqiang & Xu, Xiang, 2024, Taxonomic notes of jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae) from Guangxi, Hainan, Sichuan, Xizang and Yunnan, China, ZooKeys 1221, pp. 205-277 : 205-277

Genus Simaetha Thorell, 1881

Type species.

Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881 ; type locality Australia.

Comments.

The genus was assigned by Maddison (2015) in the subtribe Simaethina Simon, 1903 within the tribe Viciriini Simon, 1901 , and is represented by 23 nominal species, mainly distributed from South Asia to Australia ( WSC 2024). Although a detailed revision of Oceanian species has been done by Żabka (1994), the genus remains poorly studied because nearly half (11) of the species are known only from a single sex, and four species cannot be precisely identified due to lack of diagnostic drawings ( WSC 2024).