World Spider Catalog

Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Family | ACCEPTED

Gen. Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00276

type Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999; gender masculine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 by Acuña et al., 2025: 158 (rejecting West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 33).

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999 | | Philippines (Negros Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002404 TYPE SPECIES

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999b: 4, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 2003l: 241, f. 778 (f)

Orphnaecus philippinus West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 36 (f, T from Selenobrachys)

Selenobrachys philippinus Acuña et al., 2025a: 159, f. 7A-G, 8A-C, 9A-D, 10A-F, 18B, 20B, E, 21G-H (Dm, f, T from Orphnaecus)

Selenobrachys ustromsupasius Acuña, Dumbrique, Ranido, Ragasa, Noriega, Mayor, Florendo, Fadri, von Wirth, Santiago-Bautista & Guevarra, 2025 | | Philippines (Romblon Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064543

Selenobrachys ustromsupasius Acuña et al., 2025a: 166, f. 11A-B, 12A-F, 13A-F, 14A-E, 15B-D, 16A-E, 17A-F, 18A, 19E-H, 21E-F (Dmf) Original description