Rhene is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) whose species mostly live in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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. The name Rhene is derived from the Greek woman's name Rhene ().
Rhene is a part of the subtribe Dendryphantina in the tribe Dendryphantini. Wayne Maddison allocated the tribe to the subclade Simonida in the clade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida. It is related to the genera Dendryphantes and Macaroeris. The genus is also similar to Homalattus. In 2017, Jerzy Prószyński designated it a member of a group of genera named Dendryphantines after the genus Dendryphantes. 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. 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.
Species
, this genus includes 69 species:
Rhene albigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) – India to China, Japan, Vietnam, Indonesia (Sumatra) Rhene amabilis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Rhene amanzi Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Rhene atellana (Thorell, 1895) – Myanmar Rhene atrata (Karsch, 1881) – Russia (South Siberia, Far East), China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan Rhene banksi G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1902 – South Africa Rhene biguttata G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – South Africa Rhene brevipes (Thorell, 1891) – Indonesia (Sumatra) Rhene bufo (Doleschall, 1859) – Myanmar to Indonesia (Sumatra) Rhene callida G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895 – India Rhene callosa (G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1895) – India Rhene cancer Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008 – Zimbabwe Rhene candida Fox, 1937 – China Rhene capensis 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 elongata C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – China Rhene eximia Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Rhene facilis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 – Tanzania, South Africa Rhene ferkensis Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022 – Ivory Coast Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902 – India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, China, Thailand, Vietnam Rhene flavigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) – Pakistan, India, China, Malaysia, Vietnam to Indonesia (Sumatra) (type species) Rhene foai Simon, 1902 – South Africa Rhene formosa Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002 – Guinea Rhene gbakore Wesołowska & Henrard, 2025 – Guinea Rhene habahumpa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Rhene hexagon Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Rhene hinlalakea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines Rhene hirsuta (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Rhene histrio (Thorell, 1891) – India Rhene ipis Fox, 1937 – China Rhene jelskii (Taczanowski, 1871) – Peru, Guyana Rhene kenyaensis Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya Rhene khulnaensis Biswas, 2023 – Bangladesh Rhene konradi Wesołowska, 2009 – South Africa Rhene legitima Wesołowska & Haddad, 2018 – South Africa Rhene lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941 – Senegal Rhene leucomelas (Thorell, 1891) – Philippines Rhene lingularis Haddad & Wesołowska, 2011 – Kenya, South Africa Rhene machadoi Berland & Millot, 1941 – Guinea Rhene margarops (Thorell, 1877) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) Rhene menglunensis Wang & Li, 2020 – China Rhene modesta Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia Rhene mombasa Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 – Kenya Rhene mordax (Thorell, 1890) – Indonesia (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 – Nepal, Bhutan Rhene pinguis Wesołowska & Haddad, 2009 – South Africa Rhene plana (Schenkel, 1936) – China, Korea Rhene plumata Haddad, Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique Rhene punctatus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Rhene rubrigera (Thorell, 1887) – India to Vietnam, China, Taiwan, Indonesia (Sumatra) Rhene saeva (Giebel, 1863) – Indonesia (Java) Rhene setipes Żabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam, Japan (Ryukyu Is.) Rhene sororis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Rhene sulfurea (Simon, 1886) – Senegal Rhene tamula Karsch, 1879 – India, Sri Lanka Rhene timidus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa Rhene triapophyses Peng, 1995 – China Rhene ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China
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