Orphnaecus
Orphnaecus | |
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Orphnaecus philippinus | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
4, see text | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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 May 2020 it contains four species, three from the Philippines and one from Papua New Guinea:[1]
- Orphnaecus dichromatus (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992) – New Guinea
- (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015) – Philippines
- Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892 (type) – Philippines
- Orphnaecus philippinus (Schmidt, 1999) – Philippines
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Jump up to: 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.
- ^ Simon, E. (1892), "Arachnides", Raffrey, A
Categories:
- Mygalomorphae genera
- Spiders of Asia
- Spiders of Oceania
- Theraphosidae
- Theraphosidae stubs