Orphnaecus Explained

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

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

• List of Theraphosidae species

Notes and References

1. Gen. Orphnaecus Simon, 1892. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2020-06-06. 2020. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.