Rhene

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Rhene
Rhene flavicomans male Hong Kong dorsal.jpg
Male Rhene flavicomans from Hong Kong
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Salticinae
Genus: Rhene
Thorell, 1869 [1]
Type species
Rhanis flavigera
C. L. Koch, 1846
Species

See text.

Diversity [1]
59 species

Rhene is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

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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 provided the replacement name Rhene in 1869. [2] The name Rhene is derived from the Greek woman's name Rhene (Ῥήνη). [2]

Species

R. atrata from Japan Rhene atrata.jpg
R. atrata from Japan

As of June 2022, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following extant species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Gen. Rhene Thorell, 1869". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2022-06-12.
  2. 1 2 Thorell, Tamerlan (1869). On European Spiders, Part 1: Review of the European Genera of Spiders, Preceded by Some Observations on Zoological Nomenclature. p. 37.