Rhene Thorell, 1869

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

Rhene Thorell, 1869

Rhene Thorell, 1869: 37 (replacement name for Rhanis C.L. Koch, 1846 , preoccupied; type species: Rhanis flavigera C.L. Koch, 1846 ).

Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891: 109 (type species: Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 , examined based on illustrations and images of the type species kept at the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, http://www.daim.snm.ku.dk/The-digitized-type-collection). syn. n.

Justification of synonymy. The morphology and copulatory organs of Zeuxippus Thorell, 1891 appear similar to that of Rhene Thorell, 1869 . Based on a detailed comparison of the illustrations of the generotype, Zeuxippus histrio Thorell, 1891 ( Prószyński, 1984) , it is evident that it has all the diagnostic features of Rhene as illustrated for Rhene flavigera (C.L. Koch, 1846) . The palp with short, curved embolus accompanied by a hook-shaped terminal apophysis; simple pointed RTA; bag-like tegulum and sperm duct of the palp with retromarginal loop are diagnostic for Rhene . Expect the longer, more obtuse abdomen, characteristic differences in palpal structure are not seen. Therefore, Zeuxippus is considered a junior synonym of Rhene .

The synonymy has resulted in four new combinations: Rhene atellana ( Thorell, 1895) comb. n., Rhene histrio (Thorell, 1891) comb. n., Rhene pallida ( Thorell, 1895) comb. n., and Rhene yunnanensis (Peng & Xie, 1995) comb. n..