Rhene mus ( Simon, 1889 )

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 : 398

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Rhene mus ( Simon, 1889) View in CoL

Figs 36–41 View FIGURES 36–41 , 72 View FIGURE 72

Homalattus mus Simon, 1889: 335 (D ♀).

Rhene mus: Roewer, 1955: 1235 View in CoL .

Type. Homalattus mus Simon, 1889 : Holotype ♀ (NZC-ZSI 3556/10) from INDIA, Uttarakhand, Jaonsar, Siri (30.59854°N, 78.53740°E), 1750 m a.s.l., leg. R.D. Oldham. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. The species is similar to R. menglunensis Wang & Li, 2020 in epigynal morphology but can be differentiated by the orientation of the copulatory openings—the scletorized u-shaped margin, oriented along the longitudinal axis (crescent-like in R. menglunensis ) (cf. Figs 37, 40 View FIGURES 36–41 with fig. 14A in Wang & Li (2020)).

Supplementary description. Female (holotype). Body length: 4.68; carapace: 1.98 long, 1.91 wide; abdomen: 2.70 long, 1.82 wide. Carapace brown, covered with pale hairs; eye field light brown; posterior eyes surrounded by black patches ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 36–41 ). Eye measurements: AME 0.38, ALE 0.18, PME 0.05, PLE 0.14, AER 1.29, PER 1.93, EFL 1.27. Clypeus height 0.03. Chelicerae 0.52 long. Sternum oval, light brown. Chelicerae yellow-brown; labium and maxillae light brown. Legs yellowish brown ( Figs 36, 38, 39 View FIGURES 36–41 ). Abdomen yellow, without any pattern ( Fig. 36 View FIGURES 36–41 ); venter yellowish uniformly. Spinnerets yellowish. Epigyne with a pair of medio-lateral copulatory openings and a median epigynal pocket in the posterior margin ( Figs 37, 40 View FIGURES 36–41 ).

Distribution. India (Uttarakhand) ( Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 ).

References

Roewer, C. F. (1955) Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. 2. Band. Abt. a (Lycosaeformia, Dionycha [excl. Salticiformia]) & 2. Band. Abt. b (Salticiformia, Cribellata) (Synonyma-Verzeichnis, Gesamtindex). Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Bruxelles, 1751 pp.

Simon, E. (1889) Arachnides de l'Himalaya, recueillis par MM. Oldham et Wood-Mason, et faisant partie des collections de l'Indian Museum. Premiere partie. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, Part II (Natural science), 58, 334 - 344.

Wang, C. & Li, S. Q. (2020) On eight species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Salticidae). ZooKeys, 909, 25 - 57. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 909.47137

Figures

FIGURE 72. Type localities (solid black) and distributional records (solid white) of Rhene species studied in this work.

FIGURES 36–41. Somatic morphology and copulatory organs of Rhene mus (Simon, 1889), holotype female: 36—dorsal view; 37, 40—epigyne, ventral view; 38—habitus, lateral view; 39—ditto, front view; 41—label. Scale bars: (37, 40) 0.2 mm; (39) 0.5 mm; (36, 38) 1 mm.