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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 |
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| O. pellitus Simon, 1892 | |
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Orphnaecus is a genus of tarantulas that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1892. They have close to fifty lanceolate stridulatory spines on the chelicerae, known as "strikers". The male embolus has a single strong retrolateral keel. It is considered a senior synonym of Chilocosmia and Selenobrachys.
Species
As of August 2022 it contains 5 species, four from the Philippines and one from Papua New Guinea:
- 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
References
- ^ "Gen. Orphnaecus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
- ^ 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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