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Orphnaecus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Family
  
Theraphosidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Mygalomorphae

Scientific name
  
Orphnaecus

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Orphnaecus philippinus, Chilobrachys, Phlogiellus, Lampropelma, Selenocosmia

Orphnaecus philippinus rehousing and husbandry


Orphnaecus is a selenocosmine tarantula, within the Phlogiellini tribe. It has 3 species, 2 of which are from the Philippines and 1 of which is from New Guinea.

Contents

Orphnaecus Orphnaecussp

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Characteristics

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Orphnaecus has lanceolate stridulatory strikers (i.e. spines on the chelicerae) and about 50 of them. The male embolus has a single strong retrolateral keel.

Species

As of February 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

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  • Orphnaecus dichromatus (Schmidt & von Wirth, 1982) - New Guinea
  • Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892 - Philippines
  • Orphnaecus philippinus (Schmidt, 1999) - Philippines



    • Orphnaecus Orphnaecus sp female BTS photogallery

    References

    Orphnaecus Wikipedia
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