ARANEAE

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 : 8

1892 ( ARANEAE : THERAPHOSIDAE ) FROM MINDANAO ISLAND, PHILIPPINES

J. J. Sumogat 1, 3*), D. C. Acuña 2, 3), O. M. Nuñeza 1)

1) Department of Biological Sciences , College of Science and Mathematics, Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology, Iligan City 9200, Philippines. *Corresponding author. Email: [e-mail]

2) Graduate School, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Sta. Mesa, Manila 1016, Philippines.

3) Philippine Arachnological Society, Inc., Paco, Manila 1007, Philippines.

Summary. The genus Orphnaecus currently comprises three species found in the Philippine islands of Luzon , Negros , Polillo , and Dinagat. Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis sp. n. is described based on specimens collected from Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Misamis Oriental in Mindanao Island, Philippines. The new species is the first Orphnaecus species of the vast mainland Mindanao and is distinguished from all known congeners by its carapace profile, leg, and genital morphology, as well as distribution.