Darrell C. Acuña

Publishing 2025

3 papers 4 species 2 genera 1 country

Described Taxa Distribution

Orphnaecus 1 Selenobrachys 1

2 type localities across 2 genera

Frequent collaborators (12)

Leonardo A. Guevarra Jr 2Lorenz Rhuel P. Ragasa 2Myla R. Santiago-Bautista 2Volker von Wirth 2Anna Beatriz R. Mayor 1Charles Nylxon C. Noriega 1Gregorio Antonio Florendo Jr 1Joshua J. Sumogat 1Maria Mikaela U. Dumbrique 1Maricel C. Ranido 1Mary Jane A. Fadri 1Olga M. Nuñeza 1

Papers (3)

Sumogat, J. J., Acuña, D. C. & Nuñeza, O. M. (2025). A new tarantula species of the genus Orphnaecus Simon, 1892 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) from Mindanao Island, Philippines. Far Eastern Entomologist 522: 8-21.

Acuña, D. C., Ragasa, L. R. P., Santiago-Bautista, M. R., von Wirth, V. & Guevarra Jr, L. A. (2025). 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.

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., von Wirth, V., Santiago-Bautista, M. R. & Guevarra Jr, L. A. (2025). 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.

Species Described (4)

Orphnaecus libmananOrphnaecus mimbilisanensisOrphnaecus tangcongvacaSelenobrachys ustromsupasius