World Spider Catalog

Genus: Rhene Thorell, 1869 | Family: Salticidae Blackwall, 1841

Rhene formosa Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038282

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Described:

Distribution: Guinea

External Resources*: Jumping Spiders of the World Metzner (2026) | Salticidae Database Prószyński (2025) | GBIF

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France f - (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002)
Paratype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France 1f - (Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002)

Taxonomic References

Rhene formosa Rollard & Wesołowska, 2002: 304, f. 16A-C (Df) Original description

References

Rollard, C. & Wesołowska, W. (2002). Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea. Zoosystema 24: 283-307. -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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As External Resources, the World Spider Catalog links here to species pages of other databases. They may contain further information for the given species. The databases, listed as External Resources, however, are not managed by World Spider Catalog and the information given there is not necessarily in agreement with the World Spider Catalog. All responsibility for such data is with the external database.

Metzner, H. (2026). Jumping spiders (Arachnida: Araneae: Salticidae) of the world. Online at https://www.jumping-spiders.com.

Prószyński, J. (2025). Salticidae (Araneae) Genera of the World "a management tool for developing a new system of Salticidae" - a scrollable e-Textbook. Version December 20th, 2025, online at http://www.salticidae.pl.

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2020-02-28	Species distribution update	Caleb, 2019b	Old value