''Rhene'' is a

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of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders).

Taxonomy

The genus was originally named ''Rhanis'' by

C. L. Koch Carl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and common house spider. He was born ...

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 ...

'' ().

Species

, the

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accepted the following extant species: * ''

Rhene albigera ''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 ...

'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) –

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to Korea, Sumatra * ''Rhene amanzi'' Wanda Wesołowska, Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * ''Rhene atellana'' (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar * ''Rhene atrata'' (Friedrich Karsch, Karsch, 1881) – Russia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan * ''Rhene banksi'' George and Elizabeth Peckham, Peckham & Peckham, 1902 – South Africa * ''Rhene biguttata'' Peckham & Peckham, 1903 – South Africa * ''Rhene brevipes'' (Thorell, 1891) – Sumatra * ''Rhene bufo'' (Carl Ludwig Doleschall, Doleschall, 1859) – Myanmar 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'' Embrik Strand, Strand, 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 facilis'' Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania * ''Rhene flavicomans'' Eugène Simon, Simon, 1902 – India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka * ''Rhene flavigera'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) (type species) – China, Vietnam to Sumatra * ''Rhene foai'' Simon, 1902 – South Africa * ''Rhene formosa'' Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea * ''Rhene habahumpa'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * ''Rhene hinlalakea'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * ''Rhene hirsuta'' (Thorell, 1877) – Sulawesi * ''Rhene histrio'' (Thorell, 1891) – India * ''Rhene ipis'' Fox, 1937 – China * ''Rhene jelskii'' (Wladyslaw Taczanowski, Taczanowski, 1871) – Peru, French Guiana * ''Rhene kenyaensis'' Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya * ''Rhene konradi'' Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa * ''Rhene legitima'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa * ''Rhene lesserti'' Lucien Berland, Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal * ''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 * ''Rhene mombasa'' Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya * ''Rhene mordax'' (Thorell, 1890) – Java * ''Rhene mus'' (Simon, 1889) – India * ''Rhene myunghwani'' Kim, 1996 – Korea * ''Rhene nigrita'' (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Indonesia * ''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, Nepal * ''Rhene pinguis'' 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, Hawaii * ''Rhene saeva'' (Giebel, 1863) – Java * ''Rhene setipes'' Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam, Ryūkyū Islands * ''Rhene sulfurea'' (Simon, 1885) – Senegal * ''Rhene timidus'' Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa * ''Rhene triapophyses'' Peng, 1995 – China * ''Rhene yunnanensis'' (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China

References

External links

* {{Taxonbar, from=Q506347 Salticidae Taxa named by Tamerlan Thorell Salticidae genera Spiders of South America Spiders of Asia Spiders of Africa Spiders of Hawaii