Rhitymna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Sparassidae
Genus: Rhitymna
Simon[1]
Species

21, see text

Rhitymna is a genus of huntsman spiders described in 1897 by Eugène Simon.[2] Members of this genus can be distinguished by a number of characteristics, but it is most often confused with Olios species, many of which also have the Y-shaped pattern on the dorsal opisthosoma.[3]

Species

As of 2022, Rhitymna comprises 21 species:[1]

  • Rhitymna ambae Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Java)
  • Rhitymna bicolana (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) - Philippines
  • Rhitymna cursor (Thorell, 1894) - Singapore, Indonesia (Java)
  • Rhitymna deelemanae Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Bali, Sumba)
  • Rhitymna flava Schmidt & Krause, 1994 - Comoros
  • Rhitymna flores Jäger, 2019 - Indonesia (Flores)
  • Rhitymna gerdmangel Jäger, 2019 - Thailand, Malaysia
  • Rhitymna imerinensis (Vinson, 1863) - Madagascar
  • Rhitymna kananggar Jäger, 2003 - Indonesia (Sumba)
  • Rhitymna macilenta Quan & Liu, 2012 - China (Hainan)
  • Rhitymna merianae Jäger, 2019 - Indonesia (Bali)
  • Rhitymna occidentalis Jäger, 2003 - Sri Lanka
  • Rhitymna pinangensis (Thorell, 1891) - Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java)
  • Rhitymna plana Jäger, 2003 - Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia
  • Rhitymna pseudokumanga (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) - Philippines
  • Rhitymna senckenbergi Jäger, 2019 - Philippines (Negros)
  • Rhitymna simplex Jäger, 2003 - Malaysia (Borneo)
  • Rhitymna tangi Quan & Liu, 2012 - China (Hainan), Laos
  • Rhitymna tuhodnigra (Barrion & Litsinger, 1995) - Philippines
  • Rhitymna verruca (Wang, 1991) - China, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand
  • Rhitymna xanthopus Simon, 1901 - Malaysia

References

  1. 1 2 "Sparassidae". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-02-26.
  2. ↑ Simon, E. (1897). "Etudes arachnologiques. 27e Mémoire. XLII. Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de l'ordre des Araneae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 65: 465–510.
  3. ↑ Jäger, P. (2019). "Review of the huntsman spider genus Rhitymna Simon, 1897 (Araneae: Sparassidae)". Zootaxa. 4560 (3): 441–462. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4560.3.2. PMID 31716566. S2CID 92025422.


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