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Genus: Simaetha Thorell, 1881 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Simaetha robustior (Keyserling, 1882)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036187

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Described:

Distribution: Indonesia (New Guinea, Kei Is., Aru Is.), Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Paratype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany 1j (Godeffroy 7688) - (Żabka, 1994)
Holotype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany m (Godeffroy 7688 = A0001696) - (Żabka, 1994)
Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (2452-141) of Dendryphantes laticeps - (Żabka, 1994)

Taxonomic References

Eulabes robustior Keyserling, 1882: 1396, pl. 118, f. 5 (Dm) Original description

Pirithous robustior Keyserling, 1883b: 1477

Simaetha robustior Simon, 1903a: 838

Dendryphantes laticeps Strand, 1911d: 183, pl. 4, f. 25, pl. 6, f. 91 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055116]

Dendryphantes laticeps Chrysanthus, 1968: 67, f. 86-88 (m, Df)

Simaetha robustior Żabka, 1994: 514, f. 9A-F, 10A-F (mf, S of Dendryphantes laticeps)

References

Chrysanthus, P. (1968). Spiders from south New Guinea X. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 111: 49-74. -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1882). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 29-30]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1325-1420, pl. 113-120. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Keyserling, E. (1883b). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 31]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1421-1489, pl. 120-123. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Strand, E. (1911d). Araneae von den Aru- und Kei-Inseln. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 34: 127-199. -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1994). Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) of Oriental, Australian and Pacific regions, X. Genus Simaetha Thorell. Records of the Western Australian Museum 16(4): 499-534. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

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