World Spider Catalog

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

Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036193

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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

Type Repository Provide information

It is widely assumed that most of the type material from Simon can be found in the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, France -
Holotype: Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin (ZMB), Germany (database export of type material, March 2019) Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909, (19476) -

Taxonomic References

Simaethula chalcops Simon, 1909d: 207 (Dm) Original description

References

Simon, E. (1909d). Araneae. 2me partie. In: Michaelsen, W. & Hartmeyer, R. (eds.) Die Fauna Südwest-Australiens. Ergebnisse der Hamburger südwest-australischen Forschungsreise 1905. Band 2, Lieferung 12. Gustav Fischer, Jena, pp. 152-212. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.7416 [[2nd pdf lists the collection locations]] -- 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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