Six New And One Newly Recorded Species Of Salticidae (Arachnida: Araneae) From Singapore And Malaysia Author Zhang, J. X. Author Song, D. X. Author Li, Daiqin text Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 2003 51 2 187 195 journal article 10.5281/zenodo.4618788 2345-7600 4618788 Simaetha Thorell, 1881 Simaetha Thorell, 1881: 520 . Type species: Simaetha thoracica Thorell, 1881 , by original designation; Zabka, 1994: 500 . Diagnosis. – Spiders of this genus resemble those of Simaethula , but can be distinguished from the latter by: PLEs about middle of carapace, PMEs not much farther from PLEs than from ALEs, sternum of male with conical prominence. This genus is also similar to Stertinius , but the difference between them is still unclear for the type species of Stertinius lacking reliable diagnostic illustration and description. Remarks. – A total of 20 species has been reported in the world (Prószynski´, 2002), being distributed in Australia , Africa ( Congo ), South and South-east Asia.