Orphnaecus

Orphnaecus
Orphnaecus philippinus
Scientific classification
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
Species
5, see text
Synonyms[1]
Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992[2] Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999[2]

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]

Species

As 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

• List of Theraphosidae species

References

1. "Gen. Orphnaecus Simon, 1892". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2020. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
2. 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.
3. Simon, E. (1892), "Arachnides", Raffrey, A