Orphnaecus pellitus
| Orphnaecus pellitus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Orphnaecus |
| Species: | O. pellitus
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| Binomial name | |
| Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892[1]
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Orphnaecus pellitus is a species of the family Theraphosidae.[1]
Characteristics
[edit]O. pellitus has a dark brown cephalothorax and a red-brown abdomen. In females, the cephalothorax is 15.5 mm long, the abdomen is 22 mm, the maxillary palpus is 26.7 mm, and the legs are:
- 49.5 mm
- 41.5 mm
- 38.5 mm
- 49.8 mm.
In males, the cephalothorax is 12.5 mm, the maxillary palpus is 19.6 mm, and the legs are:
- 47.5 mm
- 40.5 mm
- 30 mm
- 48 mm[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Orphnaecus pellitus Simon, 1892. World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum of Bern. Retrieved March 7, 2016
- ^ Simon, E. (1892c). Arachnides. In: Raffrey, A., I. Bolivar & E. Simon (eds.) Etudes cavernicoles de l'île Luzon. Voyage de M. E. Simon aux l'îles Philippines (mars et avril 1890). 4e Mémoire. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 61, 35-52
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