Taxon details

Family: Theraphosidae / Genus: Selenobrachys

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m f
  • Last updated: 2025-04-01
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002404]
  • Distribution: Philippines (Negros Is.)
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Taxonomic references
Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999b: 4, f. 1-5 (Df).
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., 2025: 159, f. 7A-G, 8A-C, 9A-D, 10A-F, 18B, 20B, E, 21G-H (Dm, f, T from Orphnaecus).
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

Schmidt, G. (1999b). Selenobrachys philippinus gen. et sp. n. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae), eine neue Theraphosidae sp. von der Insel Negros (Philippinen). Arachnologisches Magazin 7(5/6): 1-13. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. 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

External Resource References

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Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2025-04-01 New taxonomic reference entry Acuña et al., 2025 n/a
2025-04-01 Species transferred to new genus Acuña et al., 2025 Species transferred from Orphnaecus to Selenobrachys
2025-04-01 First description of male Acuña et al., 2025 n/a (Old value)