Genus Orphninus Emeljanov
Orphninus mouldsi Emeljanov
Genus Orphninus Emeljanov 2000: 263
Type species: Orphninus mouldsi Emeljanov (2000)
Known species: only the type species is known
Distribution. ACT, NSW, QLD.
Remarks. The ear-shaped lobes of the postocular
carinae are less prominent than those found in species of Rhigedanus and
Dysoliarus. The apical teeth on the 2nd tarsomere were 11-12 in all specimens
examined by Löcker et al. (2006) except for one which had 15. This specimen also had 13 platellae
on the same tarsomere, as opposed to the range of 9-10 in other specimens.
This degree of variability is not unusual in the group of genera included
by Emeljanov (2000) in the subtribe
Rhigedanina.