Rhitymna

Rhitymna
Rhitymna pinangensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Sparassidae
Genus:	Rhitymna Simon
Species
21, see text

Rhitymna is a genus of huntsman spiders described in 1897 by Eugène Simon. 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.

Species

As of 2022^[update], the genus Rhitymna comprises 21 species:

• 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