Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis Sumogat, Acuña & Nuñeza, 2025

Described by Darrell C. Acuña, Joshua J. Sumogat, Olga M. Nuñeza

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Male Male © Sumogat, Acuña & Nuñeza (2025), holotype male in life, before its ultimate moult

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

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.

Distribution

Philippines

Type Locality: Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Brgy. Mapua, Municipality of Balingoan, Misamis Oriental, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 470 m a.s.l.

Adult Male Activity

Collection months of 2 adult male specimen records, against the rainfall where they live

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Adult males collected

Mean monthly rainfall and temperature 2001–2020 near where these males were collected, Philippines. MERRA-2 via NASA POWER, for a grid cell averaging 0 m. Wet and dry seasons, from the rainfall at the locality itself.

Specimen Records (3)

PNM-18876 ♂ Holotype Philippines

Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Brgy. Mapua, Municipality of Balingoan, 470 m a.s.l., Misamis Oriental

April 2023 · col. J. J. Sumogat

Holotype male of Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis (field no. MPL02); collected 1-8 April 2023. Photographed alive before its ultimate moult.

UST-ARC 0230, NSM-2449, PNM-18878 ♀ Paratype Philippines

Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Brgy. Mapua, Municipality of Balingoan, 470 m a.s.l., Misamis Oriental

April 2023 · col. J. J. Sumogat

Three paratype females of Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis (field nos MPL04, MPL01, MPL03), same data as the holotype.

PNM-18877 ♂ Paratype Philippines

Mimbilisan Protected Landscape, Brgy. Mapua, Municipality of Balingoan, 470 m a.s.l., Misamis Oriental

January 2025 · col. J. J. Sumogat

Paratype male of Orphnaecus mimbilisanensis (field no. MPL07); collected 14 January 2025.

Bibliography (1)

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.
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