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

Rhene mus ( Simon, 1889)

Figs 36–41, 72

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

Rhene mus: Roewer, 1955: 1235 .

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.

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 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). 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). Abdomen yellow, without any pattern ( Fig. 36); 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).

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