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

Rhene atellana (Thorell, 1895)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036902

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Described:

Distribution: Myanmar

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

Type Repository Provide information

Syntype: British Museum of Natural History (BMNH)/Natural History Museum (NHMUK), London, UK 3m - (Ono et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Zeuxippus atellanus Thorell, 1895b: 331 (Dm) Original description

Zeuxippus atellanus Prószyński, 1984a: 122 (m)

Rhene atellana Caleb et al., 2022a: 390 (T from Zeuxippus)

References

Caleb, J. T. D., Sanap, R. V., Tripathi, R., Sampathkumar, M., Dharmara, J. & Packiam, S. M. (2022a). Taxonomic notes on some South and Southeast Asian members of the genus Rhene Thorell, 1869 (Aranei, Salticidae, Dendryphantini). Zootaxa 5125(4): 389-407. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5125.4.3 -- Show included taxa

Prószyński, J. (1984a). Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae (Araneae). Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoły Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach 2: 1-177. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1895b). Descriptive catalogue of the spiders of Burma, based upon the collection made by Eugene W. Oates and preserved in the British Museum. London, 406 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.17492 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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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	Comment
2026-03-30	Type repository inserted	Ono et al., 2026
2022-04-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Caleb et al., 2022a
2022-04-13	Species transferred to new genus	Caleb et al., 2022a	Species transferred from Zeuxippus to Rhene