Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895 ), 2022

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 : 398-402

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scientific name	Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895 )
status	comb. nov.

Treatment

Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895) View in CoL comb. n.

Figs 42–56 View FIGURES 42–50 View FIGURES 51–56 , 72 View FIGURE 72

Zeuxippus pallidus Thorell, 1895: 333 View in CoL (D ♀); Prószyński, 1984: 123 (♀); Żabka, 1985: 456, figs 639–645 (♀, D ♂).

Rhene argentata Wesołowska, 1981: 47 View in CoL , figs 5–8 (D ♀).

Rhene decoratus Tikader, 1977: 276 , figs 4–6 (D ♀); holotype ♀ in NZC-ZSI, examined; syn. n.

Rhene pantharae Biswas & Biswas, 1992: 399 View in CoL , figs 29–31 (D ♀); holotype ♀ in the NZC-ZSI, examined; syn. n.

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

Types. Rhene decoratus Tikader, 1977 : Holotype ♀ (NZC-ZSI) from INDIA, Maharashtra, Poona (presently Pune) Distr., Karla Govt. Rest House, 04.11.1963, leg. B.K. Tikader. Paratype: 1 ♀ (NZC-ZSI), together with the holotype.

Rhene pantharae Biswas & Biswas, 1992 View in CoL : Holotype ♀ (NZC-ZSI 5369/18) from INDIA, West Bengal, Nadia Distr., Ranaghat , 16.02.1986, leg. K. Biswas.

Comments. R. decoratus Tikader, 1977 was originally described from Maharashtra and was later recorded from West Bengal ( Tikader & Biswas, 1981; Roy et al., 2016) and R. pantharae Biswas & Biswas, 1992 was described from West Bengal ( Biswas & Biswas, 1992). Based on the detailed examination of the types of both species, they were found to be identical to Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895) comb. n. in the following characters: the abdominal colour pattern with transverse black streaks and the genitalia morphology with comma-shaped sclerotized rims and central epigynal pocket; proximal portion of insemination ducts membraneous and bent S-like, mid-portion strongly sclerotized, running parallel along the median portion longitudinally; small spermathecae (cf. Figs 42–48 View FIGURES 42–50 and Figs 51–55 View FIGURES 51–56 with figs 5–8 in Wesołowska (1981), illustrations in Proszynski (1984: 123) and figs 643–645 in Zabka (1985)). Therefore, both the species R. decoratus and R. pantharae are treated as junior synonyms of R. pallida .

Distribution. Bangladesh, Myanmar, China, Vietnam ( WSC, 2022), India (Maharashtra, West Bengal) ( Fig. 72 View FIGURE 72 ).

References

Biswas, B. & Biswas, K. (1992) Araneae: Spiders. State Fauna Series 3: Fauna of West Bengal, 3, 357 - 500.

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

Roy, T. K., Saha, S. & Raychaudhuri, D. (2016) A treatise on the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of tea ecosystem of Dooars, West Bengal, India. World Scientific News, 53 (1), 1 - 66.

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.

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.

Tikader, B. K. (1977) Description of two new species of jumping-spider of the genus Rhene (family: Salticidae) from India. Proceedings of the Indian Academy of Science, 85 (B), 274 - 277. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 03052378

Tikader, B. K. & Biswas, B. (1981) Spider fauna of Calcutta and vicinity: Part-I. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, Occasional Paper, 30, 1 - 149.

Wesolowska, W. (1981) Salticidae (Aranei) from North Korea, China and Mongolia. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 36, 45 - 83.

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

Zabka, M. (1985) Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam. Annales Zoologici, Warszawa, 39, 197 - 485.

Figures

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

FIGURES 42–50. Somatic morphology and copulatory organs of Rhene decorata Tikader, 1977: 42—holotype female habitus, dorsal view; 43—ditto, front view; 44—epigyne, ventral view; 45—vulva, dorsal view; 46—paratype female habitus, dorsal view; 47—ditto, front view; 48—ditto, epigyne, ventral view; 49, 50—label. Scale bars: (44, 45, 48) 0.1 mm, (42, 43, 46, 47) 0.5 mm.

FIGURES 51–56. Somatic morphology and copulatory organs of Rhene pantharae Biswas & Biswas, 1992, holotype female: 51—habitus, dorsal view; 52—ditto, lateral view; 53—ditto, front view; 54—epigyne, ventral view; 55—vulva, dorsal view; 56—label. Scale bars: (54, 55) 0.05 mm, (51–53) 0.5 mm.