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

Orphnaecus adamsoni Salamanes, Santos, Austria & Villancio, 2022

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055073

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Described:

Distribution: Philippines (Dinagat Is.)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines m (14889) - (Salamanes et al., 2022)
Allotype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines f (14888; misidentified and misplaced in Orphnaecus per Acuña et al., 2025: 146) - (Salamanes et al., 2022)

Taxonomic References

Orphnaecus adamsoni Salamanes et al., 2022: 4284, f. 1A-G, 2A-H (Dmf; f is misidentified and misplaced in Orphnaecus per Acuña et al., 2025a: 146) Original description

References

Salamanes, J. J. D., Santos, J. M. J., Austria, E. S. & Villancio, G. G. S (2022). A new species of tarantula of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from the Province of Dinagat Islands, Philippines. Biodiversitas 23(8): 4283-4288. doi: 10.13057/biodiv/d230852 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2025-04-01	New taxonomic reference entry	Acuña et al., 2025a
2022-08-23	New taxonomic reference entry	Salamanes et al., 2022
2022-08-23	New species inserted	Salamanes et al., 2022

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