# Thyene

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***Thyene*** is a [genus](/source/Genus) of [jumping spiders](/source/Salticidae) that was first described by [Eugène Louis Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon) in 1885.[6] It is a junior synonym of *Mithion*,[4] and senior synonym of Brancus, *Paramodunda* and *Gangus*.[3][5][2]

## Distribution

Spiders in this genus are found in Africa, Europe, Asia, [Brazil](/source/Brazil), and [Queensland](/source/Queensland).[1]

## Species

As of October 2025, this genus includes 58 species and one subspecies:[1]

- *[Thyene aperta](/source/Thyene_aperta)* ([G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham](/source/George_and_Elizabeth_Peckham), 1903) – [Guinea](/source/Guinea), [Ivory Coast](/source/Ivory_Coast), [Ghana](/source/Ghana), [Uganda](/source/Uganda), [Tanzania](/source/Tanzania), [Zimbabwe](/source/Zimbabwe), [Mozambique](/source/Mozambique)
- *[Thyene australis](/source/Thyene_australis)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – [DR Congo](/source/DR_Congo), Uganda, Zimbabwe, [South Africa](/source/South_Africa)
- *[Thyene benjamini](/source/Thyene_benjamini)* Prószyński & [Deeleman-Reinhold](/source/Christa_L._Deeleman-Reinhold), 2010 – [Indonesia](/source/Indonesia) (Sumbawa)
- *[Thyene bilaguncula](/source/Thyene_bilaguncula)* (Xie & Peng, 1995) – [China](/source/China)
- *[Thyene bilineata](/source/Thyene_bilineata)* [Lawrence](/source/Reginald_Frederick_Lawrence), 1927 – [Namibia](/source/Namibia), South Africa
- *[Thyene bivittata](/source/Thyene_bivittata)* Xie & Peng, 1995 – [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [India](/source/India), [Nepal](/source/Nepal), China
- *[Thyene blaisei](/source/Thyene_blaisei)* ([Simon](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Simon), 1902) – [Gabon](/source/Gabon), Uganda
- *[Thyene bucculenta](/source/Thyene_bucculenta)* ([Gerstaecker](/source/Carl_Eduard_Adolph_Gerstaecker), 1873) – Guinea, [Ethiopia](/source/Ethiopia), Tanzania, Mozambique
- *[Thyene calebi](/source/Thyene_calebi)* (Kanesharatnam & Benjamin, 2018) – India, [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lanka)
- *[Thyene chopardi](/source/Thyene_chopardi)* [Berland](/source/Lucien_Berland) & [Millot](/source/Jacques_Millot), 1941 – Guinea, [Niger](/source/Niger)
- *[Thyene coccineovittata](/source/Thyene_coccineovittata)* (Simon, 1886) – [Mali](/source/Mali), [Senegal](/source/Senegal), Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Uganda, [Kenya](/source/Kenya), Mozambique, South Africa. Introduced to [France](/source/France), [Brazil](/source/Brazil)
- *[Thyene concinna](/source/Thyene_concinna)* ([Keyserling](/source/Eugen_von_Keyserling), 1881) – [Australia](/source/Australia) (Queensland)
- *[Thyene corcula](/source/Thyene_corcula)* ([Pavesi](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Pavesi), 1895) – Ethiopia
- *[Thyene coronata](/source/Thyene_coronata)* Simon, 1902 – Southern Africa
- *[Thyene dakarensis](/source/Thyene_dakarensis)* (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Senegal
- *[Thyene dancala](/source/Thyene_dancala)* [Caporiacco](/source/Ludovico_di_Caporiacco), 1947 – Ethiopia
- *[Thyene decora](/source/Thyene_decora)* (Simon, 1902) – Australia (Queensland)
- *[Thyene gangoides](/source/Thyene_gangoides)* Prószyński & Deeleman-Reinhold, 2010 – Bali
- *[Thyene hemmingi](/source/Thyene_hemmingi)* (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
- *[Thyene hesperia](/source/Thyene_hesperia)* (Simon, 1909) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, [Nigeria](/source/Nigeria)
- *[Thyene imperialis](/source/Thyene_imperialis)* (Rossi, 1846) – Southern Europe, North, West and East Africa, Middle East to Central Asia and China, Pakistan, India, Indonesia (type species)
- *[Thyene inflata](/source/Thyene_inflata)* (Gerstaecker, 1873) – Sub-Saharan Africa, [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar)
- *[Thyene leighi](/source/Thyene_leighi)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – Kenya, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa
- *[Thyene longula](/source/Thyene_longula)* (Simon, 1902) – Australia (Queensland)
- *[Thyene manipisa](/source/Thyene_manipisa)* (Barrion & [Litsinger](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/James_Allen_Litsinger), 1995) – [Philippines](/source/Philippines)
- *[Thyene masindi](/source/Thyene_masindi)* Wiśniewski & [Wesołowska](/source/Wanda_Weso%C5%82owska), 2024 – Guinea, Uganda
- *[Thyene mutica](/source/Thyene_mutica)* (Simon, 1902) – West, Central Africa, Uganda, Southern Africa
- *[Thyene natalii](/source/Thyene_natalii)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, South Africa, [Eswatini](/source/Eswatini)
- *[Thyene nigriceps](/source/Thyene_nigriceps)* (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
- *[Thyene ocellata](/source/Thyene_ocellata)* ([Thorell](/source/Tamerlan_Thorell), 1899) – Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, [Equatorial Guinea](/source/Equatorial_Guinea), Gabon, Uganda, Mozambique
- *[Thyene ogdeni](/source/Thyene_ogdeni)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 – Guinea, Tanzania, Mozambique, South Africa - *T. o. nyukiensis* [Lessert](/source/Roger_de_Lessert), 1925 – East Africa
- *[Thyene orbicularis](/source/Thyene_orbicularis)* (Gerstaecker, 1873) – East Africa
- *[Thyene orientalis](/source/Thyene_orientalis)* Żabka, 1985 – [Japan](/source/Japan), China, [Vietnam](/source/Vietnam)
- *[Thyene ornata](/source/Thyene_ornata)* Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008 – Ethiopia
- *[Thyene perfecta](/source/Thyene_perfecta)* Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Uganda
- *[Thyene phragmitigrada](/source/Thyene_phragmitigrada)* Metzner, 1999 – [Spain](/source/Spain), [Greece](/source/Greece)
- *[Thyene poecila](/source/Thyene_poecila)* (Caporiacco, 1949) – Kenya
- *[Thyene punctiventer](/source/Thyene_punctiventer)* ([Karsch](/source/Ferdinand_Karsch), 1879) – Gabon
- *[Thyene roeweri](/source/Thyene_roeweri)* [Haddad](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Charles_Richard_Haddad), Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024 – Mozambique
- *[Thyene rubricoronata](/source/Thyene_rubricoronata)* ([Strand](/source/Embrik_Strand), 1911) – Indonesia (Kei Is.)
- *[Thyene semiargentea](/source/Thyene_semiargentea)* (Simon, 1884) – [Sudan](/source/Sudan), Uganda, Tanzania, South Africa
- *[Thyene sexplagiata](/source/Thyene_sexplagiata)* (Simon, 1909) – [São Tomé and Príncipe](/source/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe)
- *[Thyene similis](/source/Thyene_similis)* Wesołowska & van Harten, 2002 – [Yemen](/source/Yemen) (Socotra)
- *[Thyene splendida](/source/Thyene_splendida)* Caporiacco, 1939 – Ethiopia
- *[Thyene striatipes](/source/Thyene_striatipes)* (Caporiacco, 1939) – East Africa
- *[Thyene subsplendens](/source/Thyene_subsplendens)* Caporiacco, 1947 – [Eritrea](/source/Eritrea)
- *[Thyene tamatavi](/source/Thyene_tamatavi)* ([Vinson](/source/Auguste_Vinson), 1863) – Madagascar
- *[Thyene thyenioides](/source/Thyene_thyenioides)* (Lessert, 1925) – Kenya, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa
- *[Thyene triangula](/source/Thyene_triangula)* Xie & Peng, 1995 – China
- *[Thyene typica](/source/Thyene_typica)* Jastrzebski, 2006 – Nepal
- *[Thyene varians](/source/Thyene_varians)* G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1901 – Madagascar
- *[Thyene verdieri](/source/Thyene_verdieri)* (Berland & Millot, 1941) – Guinea, Uganda
- *[Thyene villiersi](/source/Thyene_villiersi)* Berland & Millot, 1941 – Ivory Coast
- *[Thyene vittata](/source/Thyene_vittata)* Simon, 1902 – Ethiopia, South Africa
- *[Thyene volombavatanany](/source/Thyene_volombavatanany)* Murray, Escobar-Toledo & Pett, 2024 – Madagascar
- *[Thyene xingrenensis](/source/Thyene_xingrenensis)* C. Wang, Mi & Peng, 2023 – China
- *[Thyene yuxiensis](/source/Thyene_yuxiensis)* Xie & Peng, 1995 – Nepal, China
- *[Thyene zhangi](/source/Thyene_zhangi)* (Peng, Yin, Yan & Kim, 1998) – China

## References

1. ["Gen. *Thyene* Simon, 1885"](https://wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3015). World Spider Catalog. [doi:10.24436/2](https://doi.org/10.24436/2). Retrieved 2025-10-15.

1. Wesołowska, Wanda & Russell-Smith, Anthony (2022). "Jumping spiders from Ivory Coast collected by J.-C. Ledoux (Araneae, Salticidae)". *[European Journal of Taxonomy](/source/European_Journal_of_Taxonomy)*. '***(841): 1–143. [doi:10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943](https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.841.1943). [S2CID 252889319](https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:252889319)***

1. Prószyński, J. & Deeleman-Reinhold, C. L. (2010). "Description of some Salticidae (Araneae) from the Malay Archipelago. I. Salticidae of the Lesser Sunda Islands, with comments on related species". *Arthropoda Selecta*. **19**: 184. [doi:10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05](https://doi.org/10.15298/arthsel.19.3.05)

1. Prószyński, J. (1987). *Atlas rysunków diagnostycznych mniej znanych Salticidae 2*. Zeszyty Naukowe Wyższej Szkoly Rolniczo-Pedagogicznej w Siedlcach. p. 111.

1. Prószyński, J. (1990). *Catalogue of Salticidae (Araneae): synthesis of quotations in the world literature since 1940, with basic taxonomic data since 1758*. Wyższa Szkola Rolniczo-Pedagogiczna W Siedlcach. p. 252.

1. Simon, E. (1885). "Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l'Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l'abbé Fabre". *Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France*. **10**: 1–39.

## External links

- [Photograph of *T. phragmitigrada*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/thyene/phra-kph.htm)
- [Photograph of *T. imperialis*](http://salticus.zoology.ubc.ca/salticid/diagnost/thyene/phra-kph.htm)

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