Orphnaecus kwebaburdeos Barrion-Dupo et al., 2014, 2015

Described by Alberto T Barrion, Joseph B Rasalan, Aimee Lynn A Barrion-Dupo

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Distribution

Philippines

Type Locality: PHILIPPINES, Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 4

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 7 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

Adult males collected

All 7 were collected in November 2012, so the bars show when collecting took place, not when males are active.

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near the type locality. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 50 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Etymology

The specific epithet kwebaburdeos is derived from the combination of habitat (cave = kweba in Tagalog) + type-locality (Burdeos)

Specimen Records (15)

UPLBMNH ARA-00537 ♂ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 4

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan

UPLBMNH ARA-00538 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 5

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00539 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 6

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00540 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 7

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00541 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 8

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00542 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 9

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00543 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 10

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00544 ♀ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 11

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00551 ♂ Type Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 18

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan.

UPLBMNH ARA-00545 ♂ Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 12

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00546 ♂ Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 13

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-0547 ♂ Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 14

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00548 ♂ Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 15

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00549 ♂ Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 16

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

UPLBMNH ARA-00550 juvenile Philippines

Polillo Island, Burdeos, Puting Bato Cave 3 & 17

November 2012 · col. Joseph B. Rasalan;

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