Taxon details


Melognathus dromeus Chamberlin, 1917

  • Rank: Species (Genus type)
  • Status: accepted
  • Described: m
  • Last updated: 2019-08-17
  • LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001959]
  • Distribution: Philippines
Type deposit provide information
Taxonomic references
Melognathus dromeus Chamberlin, 1917: 70, pl. 5, f. 4-7.
Melognathus dromeus Smith, 1986b: 120, f. 21h (m).
Melognathus dromeus Smith, 1987d: 120, f. 21h (m).
Cyriopagopus dromeus Schmidt, 2003l: 249, f. 805-806 (m).
Omothymus dromeus Smith & Jacobi, 2015: 29 (T to Omothymus not followed here - not sufficiently justified).
Melognathus dromeus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c: 145 (T from Cyriopagopus).
References

Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Gabriel, R. & Sherwood, D. (2019c). The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of Omothymus Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae). Arachnology 18(2): 137-147. doi:10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.137 download pdf -- Show included taxa

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

Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. download pdf -- 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. British Tarantula Society Journal 30(3): 25-48. download pdf -- Show included taxa

Edit history
Date Type Reference Detail
2019-08-17 New taxonomic reference entry Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c n/a
2019-08-17 Species transferred to new genus Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c Species transferred from Cyriopagopus to Melognathus
2016-09-22 New taxonomic reference entry Smith & Jacobi, 2015 n/a