Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902

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 : 390-392

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Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902 View in CoL

Figs 1–4 View FIGURES 1–4 , 72 View FIGURE 72

Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902: 33 View in CoL (D ♂); Prószyński, 1984: 119–121 (♂, D ♀); Jastrzębski, 1997: 51, figs 9–11 (♀).

Rhene biembolusa Song & Chai, 1991: 23 View in CoL , figs 14A–E (D ♂); holotype ♂, in the Institute of Zoology , Beijing, not examined; syn. n.

For a complete list of taxonomic references see WSC (2022).

Material. INDIA: Kerala: 1 ♂ (RTC), Trivandrum (8.56408°N, 76.89197°E), 39 m a.s.l., 20.06.2019 GoogleMaps , leg. R. Tripathi; Assam: 1 ♀ (NZC-ZSI/AA383), Sontipur, Biswanath Charali (26.6739°N, 92.8577°E), 69 m a.s.l., 29.05.2016, leg. S. Kundu & D. Singha. GoogleMaps

Comments. Rhene biembolusa Song & Chai (1991) was described based on a holotype male from Bawangling, Hainan, China. The species was later discovered from mainland China and both sexes were illustrated ( Peng et al., 1994; Song et al., 1999; Peng, 2020). Based on the original and subsequent illustrations, the species shows clear resemblance in genital morphology to R. flavicomans . The male palp with short, ventrally curved embolus accompanied with slightly broad terminal apophysis resembling the embolus; epigyne with medially placed pair of oval openings; copulatory ducts broad, subparallel (cf. Figs 1–4 View FIGURES 1–4 , illustrations in Prószyński (1984: 119–121), figs 9–11 in Jastrzębski (1997), figs 14A–E in Song & Chai (1991), figs 5–9 in Peng et al. (1994) and figs 280a–i in Peng et al. (2020)). Therefore, here R. biembolusa is considered as a junior synonym of R. flavicomans .

Distribution. India (Assam, Kerala (present data), West Bengal (Caleb, 2019)), Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, China ( WSC, 2022) ( Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 ).

References

Jastrzebski, P. (1997) Salticidae from the Himalayas. Genus Rhene Thorell, 1869 (Araneae: Salticidae). Entomologica Basiliensis, 20, 45 - 56.

Peng, X. J., Xie, L. P. & Kim, J. P. (1994) Descriptions of three species of genera Dendryphantes and Rhene from China (Araneae: Salticidae). Korean Arachnology, 10, 31 - 36.

Peng, X. J. (2020) Fauna Sinica, Invertebrata 53, Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae. Science Press, Beijing, 612 pp.

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

Simon, E. (1902) Description d'arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidae) (suite). Annales de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, 46, 24 - 56 + 363 - 406. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 19237

Song, D. X. & Chai, J. Y. (1991) New species and new records of the family Salticidae from Hainan, China (Arachnida: Araneae). In: Qian, Y., Zhao, E. M. & Zhao, K. T. (Eds.), Animal Science Research. China Forestry Publishing House, Beijing, pp. 13 - 30.

Song, D. X., Zhu, M. S. & Chen, J. (1999) The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.

WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23. Natural History Museum Bern, Bern. Available from: http: // wsc. nmbe. ch (accessed 28 January 2022) https: // doi. org / 10.24436 / 2