Rhondes berlandi

endemic species of jumping spider in the genus Rhondes that lives in New Caledonia. First described in 2016 by Barbara Patoleta, the species has been found on both Grande Terre and Isle of Pines, living in rainforests. Only the female has yet to be described. It is small and slender, with a wide brown hairy cephalothorax and thinner abdomen that is patterned with light and dark patches. The species can be distinguished from the related Rhondes flexibilis by its wide epigynal

clade Astioida.^[4] Genetic analysis confirms that it is related to other species found only on the island, including Trite ignipilosa, and not as closely related to members of the Chrysillini tribe, such as the genus Heliophanus, as was originally suggested by Simon.^[5][6] The fact that the species on the island are both closely related to each other and genetically distinct from those found off the island is used as evidence of the evolution taking place after the breakup of Gondwana.^[7]

endites.^[6] The cephalothorax is brown, with a covering of white scales, which measures 4.9 mm (0.19 in) long and 3.7 mm (0.15 in) wide. The abdomen is grey-brown and hairy with light and dark patches. Itmeasures 7.5 mm (0.30 in) long and 4.1 mm (0.16 in) wide. The clypeus is narrow and dark brown with white hairs. The chelicerae and front legs are dark brown, although the more rearward legs are lighter. The pedipalps are light brown. The epigyne has a wide pocket.^[2] This distinguishes it from other species in the genus, such as Rhondes flexibilis, which has a narrow pocket.^[8]