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Rhene

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Rhene
Male Rhene flavicomans from Hong Kong
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]
59 species

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

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]

Species

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R. atrata from Japan

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

References

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