Rhenefictus wandae
species of spider
Rhenefictus wandae is a species of jumping spider in the genus Rhenefictus that lives in China and Vietnam. First described in 2021 by Cheng Wang and Shuqiang Li, it was initially allocated to the genus Rhene. In 2022, the species was acknowledged as the same as Rhenefictus tropicus and the two were synonymised under the current name. It is the type species of the genus Rhenefictus. Only the male has been described. The spider is small, with a dark red or dark brown carapace between 2.35 and 2.4 mm (0.093 and 0.094 in) long and a brown abdomen between 2.4 and 2.98 mm (0.094 and 0.117 in) long. The base of the abdomen is grey-yellow. The spider has a distinctive embolus on its palpal bulb that is coiled and whip-like, terminating in a pointed tip.
Taxonomy
Rhene wandae was first described by Cheng Wang and Shuqiang Li in 2021. The species is named after the Polish arachnologist Wanda Wesołowska.
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