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spider Spiders (order (biology), order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight limbs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude spider silk, silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and ran ...

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of the family

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(jumping spiders).

Taxonomy

The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly,

Tamerlan Thorell Tord Tamerlan Teodor Thorell (3 May 1830 – 22 December 1901) was a Sweden, Swedish arachnologist. Thorell studied spiders with Giacomo Doria at the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale de Genoa. He corresponded with other arachnologists, such as Oc ...

provided the

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''Rhene'' in 1869. The name ''Rhene'' is derived from the Greek woman's name ''

Rhene ''Rhene'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly, Tamerlan Thorel ...

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Species

, the

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accepted the following extant species: * '' Rhene albigera'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) –

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Rhene amabilis ''Rhene amabilis'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus ''Rhene'', endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; ...

'' Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda * '' Rhene amanzi'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * '' Rhene atellana'' (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar * '' Rhene atrata'' ( Karsch, 1881) –

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, Korea,

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Rhene banksi ''Rhene'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly, Tamerlan Thorel ...

'' Peckham & Peckham, 1902 –

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Rhene biguttata ''Rhene'' is a spider genus (biology), genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by Carl Ludwig Koch, C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in ...

'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa * ''

Rhene brevipes ''Rhene'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly, Tamerlan Thorel ...

'' (Thorell, 1891) – Sumatra * '' Rhene bufo'' ( Doleschall, 1859) –

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to Sumatra * '' Rhene callida'' Peckham & Peckham, 1895 –

* '' Rhene callosa'' (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) – India * '' Rhene cancer'' Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe * '' Rhene candida'' Fox, 1937 – China * '' Rhene capensis''

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, 1909 – South Africa * '' Rhene cooperi'' Lessert, 1925 – South Africa * '' Rhene curta'' Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia * '' Rhene daitarensis'' Prószyński, 1992 – India * '' Rhene darjeelingiana'' Prószyński, 1992 – India * '' Rhene deplanata'' (Karsch, 1880) – Philippines * '' Rhene digitata'' Peng & Li, 2008 – China * '' Rhene elongata'' C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – China * '' Rhene eximia'' Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda * ''

Rhene facilis ''Rhene facilis'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus '' Rhene'' that lives in the forests of Tanzania and South Africa. It is a small flattened spider that has a trapezoid carapace that is between and an elongated abdomen between long. ...

'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 –

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Rhene flavicomans ''Rhene flavicomans'', known as the wasp-mimic jumping spider, is a species of spider in the genus ''Rhene''. It is found in Bhutan, India, Sri Lanka and Thailand. References External linksDrawings of ''Rhene flavicomans''
Salticidae Spi ...

'' Simon, 1902 – India,

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* '' Rhene flavigera'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) (

type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

) – China,

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to Sumatra * '' Rhene foai'' Simon, 1902 – South Africa * '' Rhene formosa'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 –

Guinea Guinea, officially the Republic of Guinea, is a coastal country in West Africa. It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Guinea-Bissau to the northwest, Senegal to the north, Mali to the northeast, Côte d'Ivoire to the southeast, and Sier ...

* '' Rhene habahumpa'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 –

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* '' Rhene hexagon'' Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda * '' Rhene hinlalakea'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * '' Rhene hirsuta'' (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi * ''

Rhene histrio ''Rhene'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly, Tamerlan Thorel ...

'' (Thorell, 1891) – India * ''

Rhene ipis ''Rhene'' is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders). Taxonomy The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by C. L. Koch in 1846. However, this name had already been used for a beetle genus in 1834. Accordingly, Tamerlan Thorel ...

'' Fox, 1937 – China * '' Rhene jelskii'' ( Taczanowski, 1871) –

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Rhene kenyaensis ''Rhene kenyaensis'' is a jumping spider species in the genus '' Rhene'' that lives in Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-20 ...

'' Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya * '' Rhene konradi'' Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa * '' Rhene khulnaensis'' Biswas, 2023 – Bangladesh * '' Rhene legitima'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa * '' Rhene lesserti''

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& Millot, 1941 –

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* '' Rhene leucomelas'' (Thorell, 1891) – Philippines * '' Rhene lingularis'' Haddad & Wesolowska, 2011 – South Africa * '' Rhene machadoi'' Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea * '' Rhene margarops'' (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi * '' Rhene menglunensis'' Wang & Li, 2020 – China * '' Rhene modesta'' Caporiacco, 1941 –

Ethiopia Ethiopia, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a landlocked country located in the Horn of Africa region of East Africa. It shares borders with Eritrea to the north, Djibouti to the northeast, Somalia to the east, Ken ...

* '' Rhene mombasa'' Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya * '' Rhene mordax'' (Thorell, 1890) –

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* '' Rhene mus'' (Simon, 1889) – India * '' Rhene myunghwani'' Kim, 1996 – Korea * '' Rhene nigrita'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) –

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* '' Rhene obscura'' Wesołowska & van Harten, 2007 – Yemen * '' Rhene pallida'' (Thorell, 1895) – India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam * '' Rhene parvula'' Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia * '' Rhene phuntsholingensis'' Jastrzebski, 1997 – Bhutan,

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* '' Rhene plumata'' Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique * ''

Rhene pinguis ''Rhene pinguis'' is a species of jumping spider in the genus ''Rhene''. The male was first identified in 2009 and the female in 2018. The species is only found in the Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa. It is flat and hairy. The upper part of the ...

'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa * '' Rhene plana'' (Schenkel, 1936) – China * '' Rhene punctatus'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * '' Rhene rubrigera'' (Thorell, 1887) – India to China, Sumatra,

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* '' Rhene saeva'' (Giebel, 1863) – Java * '' Rhene setipes'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam,

Ryūkyū Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ryukyu Islands are divided into the Satsunan Islands ( Ōsumi, Tokara and Amami) and Okinawa Prefecture ( Daitō, Miyako, Y ...

* '' Rhene sororis'' Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda * '' Rhene sulfurea'' (Simon, 1885) – Senegal * '' Rhene timidus'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * '' Rhene triapophyses'' Peng, 1995 – China * '' Rhene ugandensis'' Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda * '' Rhene yunnanensis'' (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China

References

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