Simaethula
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Simaethula is a spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders).

This genus is endemic
Endemic (ecology)
Endemism is the ecological state of being unique to a defined geographic location, such as an island, nation or other defined zone, or habitat type; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsewhere. For example, all species of lemur are endemic to the...

 to Australia
Australia
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Species

  • Simaethula aurata (L. Koch
    Ludwig Carl Christian Koch
    Ludwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...

    , 1879)
    Queensland
    Queensland
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  • Simaethula auronitens (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New South Wales
    New South Wales
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  • Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909Western Australia
    Western Australia
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  • Simaethula janthina Simon, 1902 — Queensland
  • Simaethula mutica Szombathy, 1915 — Australia
  • Simaethula opulenta (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland, New South Wales
  • Simaethula violacea (L. Koch, 1879) — Queensland
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