Melopoeus hainanus (Liang, Peng, Huang & Chen, 1999)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:038350

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Described:

Distribution: China (Hainan)

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Taxonomic References
Selenocosmia hainana Liang et al., 1999: 300, f. 1-4 (Df) Original description
Ornithoctonus hainana Zhu, Song & Li, 2001: 1, f. 1-7 (Dm, f, T from Selenocosmia)
Haplopelma hainanum Schmidt, 2003l: 250, f. 815-817 (mf)
Selenocosmia hainana Chen et al., 2004: 607, f. 5-10 (m)
Haplopelma hainanum von Wirth & Striffler, 2005: 17 (T from Ornithoctonus)
Haplopelma hainanum Zhu & Zhang, 2008: 427, f. 2A-G, 10 (mf)
Cyriopagopus hainanum Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 47 (T from Haplopelma)
Haplopelma hainanum Hauke, 2017: 7, f. 4a-b, 6c, 7b (f)
Cyriopagopus hainanum Zhang & Wang, 2017: 755, 5 f. (mf)
Melopoeus hainanus Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25 (T from Cyriopagopus)
References

Chen, D. H., Yin, C. M., Xu, X. & Bao, Y. H. (2004). Males of two theraphosids from south China (Arachnida, Araneae). Acta Zootaxonomica Sinica 29: 606-608. -- Show included taxa

Hauke, T. (2017). Die Vogelspinnen der Gattungen Haplopelma Simon, 1892 und Ornithoctonus Pocock, 1892 (Araneae, Theraphosidae, Ornithoctoninae) – Anmerkungen zur Taxonomie, Verbreitung, Ökologie und Bedeutung für den Menschen. Arachne 22(5): 4-53. -- Show included taxa

Liang, S. P., Peng, X. J., Huang, R. H. & Chen, P. (1999). Biochemical identification of Selenocosmia hainana sp. nov. from south China (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Life Science Research 3: 299-303. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. & Jacobi, M. A. (2015). Revision of the genus Phormingochilus with the description of three new species from Sulawesi and Sarawak and notes on the placement of the genera Cyriopagopus, Lampropelma and Omothymus. Journal of the British Tarantula Society 30(3): 25-48. -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M., Daniel, B. A. & 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. -- Show included taxa

Wirth, V. von & Striffler, B. F. (2005). Neue Erkenntnisse zur Vogelspinnen -- Unterfamilie Ornithoctoninae, mit Beschreibung von Ornithoctonus aureotibialis sp. n. und Haplopelma longipes sp. n. (Araneae, Theraphosidae). Arthropoda 13(2): 2-27. -- Show included taxa

Zhang, Z. S. & Wang, L. Y. (2017). Chinese spiders illustrated. Chongqing University Press, 954 pp. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S., Song, D. X. & Li, T. H. (2001). A new species of the family Theraphosidae, with taxonomic study on the species Selenocosmia hainana (Arachnida: Araneae). Journal of Baoding Teachers College 14(2): 1-6. -- Show included taxa

Zhu, M. S. & Zhang, R. (2008). Revision of the theraphosid spiders from China (Araneae: Mygalomorphae). Journal of Arachnology 36(2): 425-447. doi: 10.1636/CA07-94.1 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2026-03-29 New taxonomic reference entry Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026
2026-03-29 Species transferred to new genus Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026 Species transferred from Cyriopagopus Simon, 1887 to Melopoeus Pocock, 1895
2019-03-22 New taxonomic reference entry Zhang & Wang, 2017
2017-11-16 New taxonomic reference entry Hauke, 2017
2016-11-11 Species updated Old value Species epithet corrected
2016-09-22 New taxonomic reference entry Smith & Jacobi, 2015
2016-09-22 Transferred to other genus after syn. gen Smith & Jacobi, 2015 Species transferred from Haplopelma to Cyriopagopus after genus synonymy

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