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 ).

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.