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
Orphnaecus philippinus
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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
Species

5, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992[2]
  • Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999[2]

Species

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As of August 2022 it contains 5 species, four from the Philippines and one from Papua New Guinea:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Simon, E. (1892), "Arachnides", Raffrey, A