Orphnaecus

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