Melopoeus schmidti (von Wirth, 1991)

Common name: Chinese Giant Gold

♀ Female described ♂ Male described
Female Female

Type Locality and Records

Type locality

Original Description

von Wirth, V. (1991). Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Vietnam Haplopelma schmidti sp. n. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Arachnol. Anz. 18: 6-11.
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Distribution

ChinaVietnam

Synonyms

Haplopelma huwena, Selenocosmia huwena

Taxonomic History

  1. 1991
    Haplopelma schmidti von Wirth, 1991
  2. Returned to Melopoeus Pocock, 1895, which Smith, Daniel & Vignaud (2026) restore. With the type species of Cyriopagopus deemed a nomen dubium, the species it had absorbed had to go somewhere; the authors, following von Wirth's examination of the relevant types, reject Raven's (1985) view that Melopoeus is a synonym of Haplopelma and place these seven in Melopoeus rather than Haplopelma.

Bibliography (2)

von Wirth, V. (1991). Eine neue Vogelspinnenart aus Vietnam Haplopelma schmidti sp. n. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Arachnol. Anz. 18: 6-11.
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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.
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