World Spider Catalog

Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887

GENUS | NOMEN DUBIUM

N.B.: not a senior synonym Melognathus Chamberlin, 1917 per Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 145 (rejecting Raven, 1985a: 156); not a senior synonym of Haplopelma Simon, 1892 and of Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 per Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25 (rejecting Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 28).

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00215

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Last updated: 2026-03-29

Species counts

NOMEN DUBIUM: 2

Taxonomic Reference

Original description Simon, 1887i: 110 type Cyriopagopus paganus Simon, 1887; gender masculine

Reference

Simon, E. (1887i). Etude sur les arachnides de l'Asie méridionale faisant partie des collections de l'Indian Museum (Calcutta). I. Arachnides recueillis à Tavoy (Tenasserim) par Moti Ram. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, part II (Natural History) 56(1): 101-117. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-03-29	Taxon is nomen dubium	Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026		Taxon declared a nomen dubium
2022-05-05	Nota bene edited		Old value
2022-05-04	Nota bene edited		Old value
2019-08-17	Nota bene edited		Old value
2019-05-10	Nota bene edited		Old value
2017-11-17	Nota bene edited		Old value
2017-11-16	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-11-11	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-11-08	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-10-12	Genus updated		Old value
2016-10-12	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-09-22	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-09-22	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-09-22	Nota bene edited		Old value
2016-09-22	Genus synonymy	Smith & Jacobi, 2015		Haplopelma synonymized with Cyriopagopus

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