Rhene

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Rhene
File:Rhene flavigera female laterodorsal.jpg
Female Rhene flavigera from Hong Kong
File:Rhene flavicomans male Hong Kong dorsal.jpg
Male Rhene flavicomans from Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Species

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Diversity[1]
69 species

Rhene is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) whose species mostly live in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.

Taxonomy

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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]

Rhene is a part of the subtribe Dendryphantina in the tribe Dendryphantini.[3][4] Wayne Maddison allocated the tribe to the subclade Simonida in the clade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida.[5] It is related to the genera Dendryphantes and Macaroeris. The genus is also similar to Homalattus.[6] In 2017, Jerzy Prószyński designated it a member of a group of genera named Dendryphantines after the genus Dendryphantes.[7] He also noted that it is similar to the genera related to Simaetha, a group he named Simaethines, particularly in the shape of spider's body.[8] The genus is known for its good eyesight and its high level of spatial awareness, which is likely to show that it is recent in evolutionary terms.[9]

Species

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As of October 2025, this genus includes 69 species:[1]

References

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  3. ^ Wesołowska & Russell-Smith 2022, p. 100.
  4. ^ Maddison 2015, p. 245.
  5. ^ Maddison 2015, p. 278.
  6. ^ Maddison 2015, pp. 246, 278.
  7. ^ Prószyński 2017, pp. 88, 92.
  8. ^ Prószyński 2017, p. 17.
  9. ^ Su et al. 2007, p. 1485.

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