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Rhode (spider)

Rhode is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1882.

Last revised
Jul 2, 2026
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Length
200 w
Citations
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Source
Rhode
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Dysderidae
Genus: Rhode
Simon, 18821
Type species
R. scutiventris
Simon, 1882
Species

9, see text

Synonyms1
  • Harpassa Simon, 18822
  • Typhlorhode Kratochvíl, 19352

Rhode is a genus of woodlouse hunting spiders that was first described by Eugène Simon in 1882.3

Species

As of May 2019 it contains nine species:1

  • Rhode aspinifera (Nikolic, 1963) – Slovenia
  • Rhode baborensis Beladjal & Bosmans, 1996 – Algeria
  • Rhode biscutata Simon, 1893 – Mediterranean
  • Rhode magnifica Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978 – Montenegro
  • Rhode scutiventris Simon, 1882 (type) – Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Algeria
  • Rhode stalitoides Deeleman-Reinhold, 1978 – Bosnia-Hercegovina
  • Rhode subterranea (Kratochvíl, 1935) – Bosnia-Hercegovina
  • Rhode tenuipes (Simon, 1882) – France (Corsica)
  • Rhode testudinea Pesarini, 1984 – Italy
References

References

  1. Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Rhode Simon, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  2. Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (1978). "Les araignées du genre Rhode de Yougoslavie (Araneae, Dysderidae)". International Journal of Speleology. 9 (3/4): 254. Bibcode:1978IJSpe...9..251D. doi:10.5038/1827-806X.9.3.4.
  3. Simon, E. (1882). "Etudes Arachnologiques. 13e Mémoire. XX. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de la famille des Dysderidae". Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 2 (6): 201–240.