Rhene Thorell, 1869

Caleb, John T. D., Sanap, Rajesh V., Tripathi, Rishikesh, Sampathkumar, M., Dharmaraj, Jayaraman & Packiam, Soosaimanickam Maria, 2022, Taxonomic notes on some South and Southeast Asian members of the genus Rhene Thorell, 1869 (Aranei, Salticidae, Dendryphantini), Zootaxa 5125 (4), pp. 389-407 : 390

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Rhene Thorell, 1869: 37 View in CoL (replacement name for Rhanis C.L. Koch, 1846 , preoccupied; type species: Rhanis flavigera C.L. Koch, 1846 ).

Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891: 109 (type species: Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 View in CoL , examined based on illustrations and images of the type species kept at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, http://www.daim.snm.ku.dk/The-digitized-type-collection). syn. n.

Justification of synonymy. The morphology and copulatory organs of Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891 appear similar to that of Rhene Thorell, 1869 . Based on a detailed comparison of the illustrations of the generotype, Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 ( Prószyński, 1984) , it is evident that it has all the diagnostic features of Rhene as illustrated for Rhene flavigera (C.L. Koch, 1846) . The palp with short, curved embolus accompanied by a hook-shaped terminal apophysis; simple pointed RTA; bag-like tegulum and sperm duct of the palp with retromarginal loop are diagnostic for Rhene . Expect the longer, more obtuse abdomen, characteristic differences in palpal structure are not seen. Therefore, Zeuxippus is considered a junior synonym of Rhene .

The synonymy has resulted in four new combinations: Rhene atellana ( Thorell, 1895) comb. n., Rhene histrio (Thorell, 1891) comb. n., Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895) comb. n., and Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) comb. n..

References

Koch, C. L. (1846) s. n. In: Die Arachniden. Dreizehnter Band & Vierzehnter Band. J. L. Lotzbeck, Nurnberg, pp. 1 - 234, pl. 433 - 468 (f. 1078 - 1271) & pp. 1 - 88, pls. 467 - 480 (f. 1272 - 1342).

Proszynski, J. (1984) Atlas rysunkow diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyzszej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach, 2, 1 - 177.

Thorell, T. (1869) On European spiders. Part I. Review of the European genera of spiders, preceded by some observations on zoological nomenclature. Nova Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum Upsaliensis, Series 3, 7, 1 - 108.

Thorell, T. (1895) Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. Printed by order of the Trustees, London, 406 pp.