World Spider Catalog

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

Orphnaecus libmanan Acuña & Guevarra, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065307

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Described:

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon Is.)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines m (18867 UST-ARC 0133) - (Acuña et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines 5m 5f (18867 UST-ARC 0130-0132, 0134-0140) - (Acuña et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Orphnaecus libmanan Acuña & Guevarra in Acuña et al., 2025b: 160, f. 2D-E, 3C, 6A-K, 7A-F, 8A-H (Dmf) Original description

References

Acuña, D. C., Ragasa, L. R. P., Santiago-Bautista, M. R., Wirth, V. von & Guevarra Jr., L. A. (2025b). Revisiting and rediscovering the tarantulas (Araneae, Theraphosidae) of Culapnitan (Libmanan) Caves in the Philippines: troglomorphism, taxonomy, phylogeny and ecological niche. Subterranean Biology 52: 143-186. doi: 10.3897/subtbiol.52.142334 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-06-10	New taxonomic reference entry	Acuña et al., 2025b
2025-06-10	New species inserted	Acuña et al., 2025b

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