Species : Rhene sp Sg. TAWAU

Family: Salticidae
Subfamily: Dendryphantinae
Genus: Rhene
Species : Rhene sp Sg. TAWAU
 

SUNGAI TAWAU 26-7-2009 SUN 5:16PM


 
Bottom view over a layer of plastic.

 

This Female body length is 7mm 


 
Silk retreat of a female (photo below) Rhene TAWAU spider.

The spider return to her 'hime' only in the evening.


 
 

 
The round entrance to the silk retreat is near the bottom of the retreat.

 
 

The 25 most  jumping spiders were found to occupy

The 6 six primary habitat types of common salticids Jumping Spiders are :

1) tree trunks

2) tree leaves

3) shrubs

4) walls

5) low herbaceous plants and grasses

6) ground and litter (six species).

Some species are habitat generalists frequented three or more of these habitats.


Though there are several species in Sumatra, there is no record for Borneo yet.

The above species photographed perphep is the 1st record for Borneo Island.

Rhene albigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) — India to Korea, Sumatra
Rhene atrata (Karsch, 1881) — Russia, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan
Rhene banksi Peckham & Peckham, 1902 — South Africa
Rhene biembolusa Song & Chai, 1991 — China
Rhene biguttata Peckham & Peckham, 1903 — South Africa
Rhene brevipes (Thorell, 1891) — Sumatra
Rhene bufo (Doleschall, 1859) — Myanmar to Sumatra
Rhene callida Peckham & Peckham, 1895 — India
Rhene callosa (Peckham & Peckham, 1895) — India
Rhene cancer Wesolowska & Cumming, 2008 — Zimbabwe
Rhene candida Fox, 1937 — China
Rhene capensis Strand, 1909 — South Africa
Rhene cooperi Lessert, 1925 — South Africa
Rhene curta Wesolowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 — Ethiopia
Rhene daitarensis Prószyński, 1992 — India
Rhene danieli Tikader, 1973 — India
Rhene darjeelingiana Prószyński, 1992 — India
Rhene decorata Tikader, 1977 — India
Rhene digitata Peng & Li, 2008 — China
Rhene facilis Wesolowska & Russell-Smith, 2000 — Tanzania
Rhene flavicomans Simon, 1902 — India, Bhutan, Sri Lanka
Rhene flavigera (C. L. Koch, 1846) — China, Vietnam to Sumatra
Rhene foai Simon, 1902 — South Africa
Rhene formosa Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002 — Guinea
Rhene habahumpa Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Rhene haldanei Gajbe, 2004 — India
Rhene hinlalakea Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
Rhene hirsuta (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi
Rhene indica Tikader, 1973 — India, Andaman Islands, China
Rhene ipis Fox, 1937 — China
Rhene jelskii (Taczanowski, 1871) — Peru, Guiana
Rhene khandalaensis Tikader, 1977 — India
Rhene lesserti Berland & Millot, 1941 — Senegal
Rhene leucomelas (Thorell, 1891) — Philippines
Rhene machadoi Berland & Millot, 1941 — Guinea
Rhene margarops (Thorell, 1877) — Sulawesi
Rhene modesta Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia
Rhene mordax (Thorell, 1890) — Java
Rhene mus (Simon, 1889) — India
Rhene myunghwani Kim, 1996 — Korea
Rhene nigrita (C. L. Koch, 1846) — Indonesia
Rhene obscura Wesolowska & van Harten, 2007 (Yemen)
Rhene pantharae Biswas & Biswas, 1992 — India
Rhene parvula Caporiacco, 1939 — Ethiopia
Rhene phuntsholingensis Jastrzebski, 1997 — Bhutan, Nepal
Rhene plana (Schenkel, 1936) — China
Rhene rubrigera (Thorell, 1887) — India to China, Sumatra, Hawai'i
Rhene saeva (Giebel, 1863) — Java
Rhene sanghrakshiti Gajbe, 2004 — India
Rhene setipes Zabka, 1985 — China, Vietnam, Ryūkyū Islands
Rhene spuridens Strand, 1907 — Java
Rhene sulfurea (Simon, 1885) — Senegal
Rhene triapophyses Peng, 1995 — China
 


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