Melopoeus lividus (Smith, 1996)

Common name: Cobalt Blue

♀ Female described ♂ Male described

Female

Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

Smith, A. (1996). A new species of Haplopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with notes on two close relatives. Mygalomorph 1: 21-32.

Distribution

Myanmar

Type Locality: MYANMAR: Kawkareik, Kayin State; male holotype and female paratypes in NHML

Etymology

The specific name lividum means blue and black

Bibliography (3)

Smith, A. (1996). A new species of Haplopelma (Araneae: Theraphosidae), with notes on two close relatives. Mygalomorph 1: 21-32.

Ono, H., Suzuki, Y., Okumura, K. & Aung, M. M. (2026). Spider Fauna of Myanmar, with a Checklist of the Species Recorded from 1878 to 2025 (Arachnida, Araneae). Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A 52(1): 1-56.

Smith, A., Daniel, B. & Vignaud, B. (2026). Nomenclatural notes on the Ornithoctoninae genera Cyriopagopus Simon 1887, Haplopelma Simon 1892 and Melopoeus Pocock 1895 (Araneae: Theraphosidae) with the intention of restoring the genera Haplopelma and Melopoeus. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 40(3): 15-28.