Orphnaecus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892.[3] They have close to fifty lanceolate stridulatory spines on the chelicerae, known as "strikers". The male embolus has a single strong retrolateral keel.[2] It is considered a senior synonym of Chilocosmia and Selenobrachys.[2]
| Orphnaecus | |
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| Orphnaecus philippinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Subfamily: | Selenocosmiinae |
| Genus: | Orphnaecus Simon, 1892[1] |
| Type species | |
| O. pellitus Simon, 1892
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| Species | |
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5, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Species
editAs of August 2022[update] it contains 5 species, four from the Philippines and one from Papua New Guinea:[1]
- Orphnaecus adamsoni Salamanes, Santos, Austria & Villancio, 2022 - Philippines
- Orphnaecus dichromatus (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) – New Guinea
- Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015) – Philippines
- Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892 (type) – Philippines
- Orphnaecus philippinus (Schmidt, 1999) – Philippines
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Orphnaecus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ a b c d West, R. C.; Nunn, S. C.; Hogg, S. (2012). "A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889". Zootaxa. 3299: 23. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1.
- ^ Simon, E. (1892), "Arachnides", Raffrey, A
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