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Genus: Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015)

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047615

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Described:

Distribution: Philippines (Pilillo Is.)

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Holotype: University of the Philippines, Los Banos Museum of Natural History (UPLBMNH), Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines m (ARA-00537) - (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015)
Paratype: University of the Philippines, Los Banos Museum of Natural History (UPLBMNH), Los Banos, Laguna, Philippines 6m 7f 2j (ARA 538-551) - (Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015)

Taxonomic References

Phlogiellus kwebaburdeos Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015: 4, f. 1A-G, 2A-P (Dmf) Original description

Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016: 48 (T from Phlogiellus)

Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos Acuña et al., 2025a: 177, f. 18C, 21A-B (f)

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

Barrion-Dupo, A. L. A., Barrion, A. T. & Rasalan, J. B. (2015). A new cave-dwelling mygalomorph spider of the genus Phlogiellus Pocock, 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Selenocosmiinae) from Burdeos, Polillo Island, Quezon province, Philippines. Philippine Journal of Systematic Biology 8(2014): 1-15. -- Show included taxa

Nunn, S. C., West, R. C. & Wirth, V. von (2016). A revision of the selenocosmiine tarantula genus Phlogiellus Pocock 1897 (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with description of 4 new species. International Journal of Zoology 2016(9895234): 1-54. doi: 10.1155/2016/9895234 -- Show included taxa

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Comment
2025-04-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Acuña et al., 2025a
2017-01-25	New taxonomic reference entry	Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016
2017-01-25	Species transferred to new genus	Nunn, West & von Wirth, 2016	Species transferred from Phlogiellus to Orphnaecus
2015-05-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015
2015-05-06	New species inserted	Barrion-Dupo, Barrion & Rasalan, 2015