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Genus: Simaethula Simon, 1902 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Simaethula aurata (L. Koch, 1879)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036191

Permalink: https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036191

Described:

Distribution: Australia (Queensland)

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Homalattus aurata L. Koch, 1879, (3485) -
Syntype: Zoologisches Museum Hamburg (ZMH), Hamburg, Germany (data base search of type material, 11.02.2019) m (A0001706), m (A0001707), m (A0001708) -

Taxonomic References

Homalattus auratus L. Koch, 1879a: 1087, pl. 95, f. 4-5 (Dmf) Original description

Rhene aurata Simon, 1901a: 641

Simaethula aurata Żabka, 1991c: 54 (Tmf from Rhene)

References

Koch, L. (1879a). Die Arachniden Australiens, nach der Natur beschrieben und abgebildet [Erster Theil, Lieferung 24-25]. Bauer & Raspe, Nürnberg, 1045-1156, pl. 91-100. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.121660 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1901a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 381-668. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[last page with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

Żabka, M. (1991c). Studium taksonomiczno-zoogeograficzne nad Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) Australii. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna w Siedlcach Rozprawa Naukowa 32: 1-110. -- 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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