''Orphnaecus'' is a

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tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the Family (biology), family Theraphosidae. , 1,100 species have been identified, with 166 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Therap ...

that was first described by

Eugène Louis Simon Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".lanceolate The following terms are used to describe leaf plant morphology, morphology in the description and taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade ...

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spines on the

chelicera The chelicerae () are the mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders. Commonly referred to as "jaws", chelicerae may be shaped as either articulated fangs, or as a type ...

e, known as "strikers". The male

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has a single strong retrolateral keel. It is considered a

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of ''Chilocosmia'' and ''Selenobrachys''.

Species

it contains 5 species, four from the

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and one from

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Orphnaecus adamsoni ''Orphnaecus adamsoni'' is a species of tarantula found in the Dinagat Islands, Philippines. It is the fourth member of the genus ''Orphnaecus'' found in the country and the fifth overall. It was discovered by a research team of Adamson Universit ...

'' Salamanes, Santos, Austria & Villancio, 2022 - Philippines *'' Orphnaecus dichromatus'' (

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& von Wirth, 1992) – New Guinea *'' Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos'' (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015) – Philippines *'' Orphnaecus pellitus'' Simon, 1892 (

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) – Philippines *'' Orphnaecus philippinus'' (Schmidt, 1999) – Philippines

References

Theraphosidae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Oceania Theraphosidae {{Theraphosidae-stub

Species

See also

References