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| Thyene orientalis | |
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| female from Hong Kong | |
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| male from Hong Kong | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Salticidae |
| Genus: | Thyene |
| Species: | T. orientalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Thyene orientalis Żabka, 1985 | |
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Thyene orientalis is a species of jumping spider in the family Salticidae.[1] It is found in Japan, China, and Vietnam.[1]
Etymology
[edit]The specific epithet orientalis is Latin meaning "eastern" or "of the east", referring to the species' distribution in East Asia.
Taxonomy
[edit]Thyene orientalis was originally described by Marek Żabka in 1985.[2] In 1995, Xie Liping and Peng Xianjin described Thyene radialis, which was later determined to be a junior synonym of T. orientalis by Dmitri Logunov in 2021.[3]
Distribution
[edit]T. orientalis has been recorded from Japan, China, and Vietnam.[1] In Japan, it was first reported from the Ryukyu Islands in 2013.[4] The species has been collected from various provinces in China, including Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.[5]
Description
[edit]Thyene orientalis is a medium-sized jumping spider. Males have a total body length of approximately 4.6 mm, with the carapace measuring about 2.2 mm long and 1.7 mm wide. Females are similar in size, with a total length around 4.7 mm.[5]
The carapace is yellow-brown and covered with dense dark and off-white scale-like setae along the submargin, with several pale yellow scale-like setae on the clypeus and a longitudinal, indistinct, median yellow band extending across the thorax. The fovea is dark red and longitudinal. The legs are pale to yellow-brown in coloration.[5]
The abdomen is elongated with the dorsum darker laterally and an irregular longitudinal yellow-brown band medially, covered with dense setae. The venter is gray-white to brown.[5]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Thyene orientalis Żabka, 1985". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Żabka, M. (1985). "Systematic and zoogeographic study on the family Salticidae (Araneae) from Viet-Nam". Annales Zoologici, Warszawa. 39: 197–485.
- ↑ Logunov, D. V. (2021). "Jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae) of the Na Hang Nature Reserve, Tuyen Quang Province, Vietnam". Arachnology. 18 (9): 1021–1055. doi:10.13156/arac.2021.18.9.1021.
- ↑ Ikeda, H. (2013). "Three species of the jumping spiders (Araneae: Salticidae: Nungia, Pancorius and Thyene) new to Japan". Acta Arachnologica. 62 (2): 81–87. doi:10.2476/asjaa.62.81.
- 1 2 3 4 Wang, C.; Mi, X. Q.; Wang, W. H.; Gan, J. H.; Irfan, M.; Zhong, Y.; Peng, X. J. (2023). "Notes on twenty-nine species of jumping spiders from South China (Araneae: Salticidae)". European Journal of Taxonomy. 902: 1–91. doi:10.5852/ejt.2023.902.2319.