Rhene mombasa
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| Rhene mombasa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Subfamily: | Salticinae |
| Genus: | Rhene |
| Species: | R. mombasa |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhene mombasa Wesołowska & Dawidowicz, 2014 | |
Rhene mombasa is a species of jumping spider that lives in the area around Mombasa in Kenya. This is reflected in its specific name. The male has not been described.
Rhene mombasa is a species of jumping spider, a member of the family Salticidae. The spider was first described by the arachnologists Wanda Wesołowska and Angelika Dawidowicz in 2014.[1] They allocated it to the genus Rhene, which is named after the Greek female name shared by mythological figures.[2] The specific name refers to the place where it is typically found.[3]
First circumscribed in 1869 by Tamerlan Thorell, the genus Rhene is a part of the subtribe Dendryphantina in the tribe Dendryphantini.[4][5] Wayne Maddison allocated the tribe to the subclade Simonida in the clade Saltafresia in the clade Salticoida.[6] It is related to the genera Dendryphantes and Macaroeris. The genus is also similar to Homalattus.[7] In 2017, Jerzy Prószyński designated it a member of a group of genera named Dendryphantines after the genus Dendryphantes.[8] He also wrote that it is similar to the genera that are related to Simaetha, a group he named Simaethines, particularly in the shape of spider's body.[9] 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.[10]