Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

Sumogat, J. J., Acuña, D. C. & Nuñeza, O. M., 2025, A new tarantula species of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines, Far Eastern Entomologist 522, pp. 8-21 : 11

Genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892

Type species: Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892 , by monotypy.

COMPOSITION. This genus consists of five species: O. adamsoni, O. dichromatus , O. kwebaburdeos , O. mimbilisanensis sp. n., and O. pellitus ( Fig. 1 ).

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Fig. 1. The distribution of the currently known Orphnaecus species in the Philippines (red circles) including the new species, O. mimbilisanensis sp. n. (red triangle) and the seven major faunal regions of the Philippines based on Pleistocene Aggregate Island Complexes (PAICs) model. 11