''Rhene flavicomans'', known as the wasp-mimic jumping spider, is a species of

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 ...

in the genus ''

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 ...

''. It is found in

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and

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Rhene flavicomans male Hong Kong frontal

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Drawings of ''Rhene flavicomans''
Salticidae Spiders of Asia Spiders described in 1902 {{Salticidae-stub