Orphnaecus philippinus

Orphnaecus philippinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Mygalomorphae
Family:Theraphosidae
Genus:Orphnaecus
Species: O. philippinus
Binomial name
Orphnaecus philippinus
(Schmidt, 1999)
Orphnaecus philippinus

Orphnaecus philippinus, known as the Philippine tangerine, is a species of tarantula. It is native to the Philippines.[1]

Taxonomy

Orphnaecus philippinus was described in 1999, by Gunter Schmidt, as Selenobrachys philippinus, but in 2012, Rick West, Steven Nunn and Henry Hogg made the genus Selenobrachys a junior synonym of Orphnaecus.[1]

Orphnaecus philippinus

Characteristics

O. philippinus is orange in colour. It is 28 mm long, or 30 mm with chelicerae included. The fovea is procurved. The retrolateral face of the chelicerae is setae-less and the stridulatory setae on the maxillae are butter knife-shaped.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Orphnaecus philippinus (Schmidt, 1999) World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved March 7, 2016.
  2. ↑ Schmidt, G. (1999). 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


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