Rhondes is a genus of New Caledonian jumping spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1901. It was briefly considered a synonym of Hasarius, but was revalidated after the results of a 2008 molecular study. It is now grouped with several other Australasian genera in the unranked clade Astioida.
Species it contains six species, found only on New Caledonia: Rhondes atypicus Patoleta, 2016 – New Caledonia Rhondes berlandi Patoleta, 2016 – New Caledonia Rhondes flexibilis Patoleta, 2016 – New Caledonia Rhondes neocaledonicus (Simon, 1889) (type) – New Caledonia Rhondes sarasini Patoleta, 2016 – New Caledonia Rhondes zofiae Patoleta, 2016 – New Caledonia
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