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

Orphnaecus tangcongvaca Acuña & Guevarra, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065308

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Described:

Distribution: Philippines (Luzon Is.)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines f (18869 UST-ARC 0142) - (Acuña et al., 2025b)
Paratype: Philippine National Museum of Natural History (PNM), Manila, Philippines 3f (18869 UST-ARC 0141, 0143-0144) - (Acuña et al., 2025b)

Taxonomic References

Orphnaecus tangcongvaca Acuña & Guevarra in Acuña et al., 2025b: 167, f. 2C, 3D, 9A-C, 10A-J (Df) 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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