Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Orphnaecus

Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-01
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002254]
  • Distribution: Philippines
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  • Syntype: Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (MNHN), Paris, France; 1m 1f (AR4678) (Acuña et al., 2025)
Taxonomic references
Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892c: 36 (Dmf).
Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1903a: 956, f. 1106-1107.
Orphnaecus pellitus West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 35a-c (mf).
Orphnaecus pellitus Acuña et al., 2025: 173, f. 11A, E, 18D, 20G (mf).
References

Acuña, D. C., Dumbrique, M. M. U., Ranido, M. C., Ragasa, L. R. P., Noriega, C. N. C., Mayor, A. B. R., Florendo Jr., G. A., Fadri, M. J. A., Wirth, V. von, Santiago-Bautista, M. R. & Guevarra Jr., L. A. (2025). Taxonomic revalidation of Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999 and Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992 based on morphological and molecular analyses (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with the description of a new species from Romblon Island, Philippines. ZooKeys 1233: 139-193. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1233.128056 download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1892c). Arachnides. In: Raffrey, A., Bolivar, I. & Simon, E.: Etudes cavernicoles de l'île Luzon. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux l'îles Phillipines (mars et avril 1890). 4e Mémoire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61: 35-52. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. [second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts] doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973 download pdf download pdf -- Show included taxa

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: 1-43. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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2025-04-01 New taxonomic reference entry Acuña et al., 2025 n/a