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Orphnaecus pellitus

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Kingdom
  
Subphylum
  
Order
  
Araneae

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Species

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Orphnaecus, Orphnaecus philippinus, Selenocosmiinae, Phlogiellus, Selenocosmia

Orphnaecus pellitus is a species of the Theraphosidae family, and contained in the Phlogiellini tribe or Selenocosmiinae subfamily.

Characteristics

O. pellitus has a dark brown cephalothorax and a red-brown abdomen. In females, the cephalothorax is 15.5 mm long, the abdomen is 22 mm, the maxillary palpus is 26.7 mm, and the legs are:

  1. 49.5 mm
  2. 41.5 mm
  3. 38.5 mm
  4. 49.8 mm.

In males, the cephalothorax is 12.5 mm, the maxillary palpus is 19.6 mm, and the legs are:

  1. 47.5 mm
  2. 40.5 mm
  3. 30 mm
  4. 48 mm

References

Orphnaecus pellitus Wikipedia


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