Simaethula

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Simaethula

| image = Simaethula_sp._(14538519273).jpg

| image_caption = Simaethula sp.

| authority = Simon, 1902

| type_species = S. janthina

| type_species_authority = Simon, 1902

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 7, see text

}}

Simaethula is a genus of Australian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1902.{{cite journal| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1902| title=Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite)| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique| pages=363–406| volume=46| author-link=Eugène Simon}} The name is an alteration of Simaetha, a related genus.