Rhene
Genus of jumping spiders
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Rhene is a spider genus of the family Salticidae (jumping spiders) whose species mostly live in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide.
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| Female Rhene flavigera from Hong Kong | |
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| Male Rhene flavicomans from Hong Kong | |
Scientific 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 C. L. Koch, 1846 | |
| Species | |
| Diversity[1] | |
| 69 species | |
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.[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
Female R. albigera
R. atrata from Japan
male R. nigrita
R. setipes from Japan
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As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 69 species:[1]
- 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 timidus Wesołowska & Haddad, 2013 – South Africa
- Rhene triapophyses Peng, 1995 – China
- Rhene ugandensis Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) – China