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Genus: Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002404

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Described:

Distribution: Philippines (Negros Is.)

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Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (39202) - (Acuña et al., 2025a)

Taxonomic References

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 1999b: 4, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Selenobrachys philippinus Schmidt, 2003l: 241, f. 778 (f)

Orphnaecus philippinus West, Nunn & Hogg, 2012: 25, f. 36 (f, T from Selenobrachys)

Selenobrachys philippinus Acuña et al., 2025a: 159, f. 7A-G, 8A-C, 9A-D, 10A-F, 18B, 20B, E, 21G-H (Dm, f, T from Orphnaecus)

References

Acuña, D. C., Dumbrique, M. M. U., Ranido, M. C., Ragasa, L. R. P., Noriega, C. N. C., Mayor, A. B. R., Florendo Jr., G. A., Fadri, M. J. A., Wirth, V. von, Santiago-Bautista, M. R. & Guevarra Jr., L. A. (2025a). Taxonomic revalidation of Selenobrachys Schmidt, 1999 and Chilocosmia Schmidt & von Wirth, 1992 based on morphological and molecular analyses (Araneae, Theraphosidae), with the description of a new species from Romblon Island, Philippines. ZooKeys 1233: 139-193. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1233.128056 -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1999b). 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. [[incl. correction 9(3/4, 2001): 12]] -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

West, R. C., Nunn, S. C. & Hogg, S. (2012). A new tarantula genus, Psednocnemis, from west Malaysia (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with cladistic analysis and biogeography of Selenocosmiinae Simon 1889. Zootaxa 3299: 1-43. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.3299.1.1 -- Show included taxa

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Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-04-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Acuña et al., 2025a
2025-04-01	Species transferred to new genus	Acuña et al., 2025a		Species transferred from Orphnaecus to Selenobrachys
2025-04-01	First description of male	Acuña et al., 2025a	Old value