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Genus: Melopoeus Pocock, 1895 | Family: Theraphosidae Thorell, 1869

Melopoeus vonwirthi (Schmidt, 2005)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039500

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Described:

Distribution: Thailand or Cambodia or Vietnam

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Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany f (40597-84) - (Schmidt, 2005g)
Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1f (40598-84) - (Schmidt, 2005g)

Taxonomic References

Haplopelma vonwirthi Schmidt, 2005a: 5, f. 1-3 (f, nomen nudum, no type depository; probably misidentified H. minax per von Wirth & Striffler, 2005)

Haplopelma vonwirthi Peters, 2005b: 72, f. 235-241 (f, f. m)

Haplopelma vonwirthi Schmidt, 2005g: 24, f. 1-3 (Df) Original description

Haplopelma volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006a: 7, f. 1-3 (Dm, superfluous replacement name)

Haplopelma volkervonwirthi Schmidt, 2006c: 9, f. 1 (f)

Cyriopagopus vonwirthi Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 47 (T from Haplopelma)

Melopoeus vonwirthi Smith, Daniel & Vignaud, 2026: 25 (T from Cyriopagopus)

References

Peters, H.-J. (2005b). Tarantulas of the world: Kleiner Atlas der Vogelspinnen - Band 3. Published by the author, Wegberg, Germany, 130 pp. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2005a). Haplopelma vonwirthi sp. n., eine neue Art der Haplopelma minax-Gruppe aus Südostasien (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornitoctoninae). Tarantulas of the World 103: 4-12. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2005g). Neupublikation einiger von mir in "Arachnol. Mag." und "Tarantulas of the World" zwischen 2000 und 2005 veröffentlichten Arbeiten. Tarantulas of the World 110(Sond.): 3-49. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2006a). Das Männchen von Haplopelma volkervonwirthi nom. nov. (Araneae: Theraphosidae: Ornithoctoninae). Tarantulas of the World 113/114: 6-12. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (2006c). Anmerkungen zu Arachne 11(1). Tarantulas of the World 115/116: 3-9. -- 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

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	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
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