Taxon details
Melognathus dromeus Chamberlin, 1917
- Rank: Species (Genus type)
- Status: accepted
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Described:
- Last updated: 2019-08-17
- LSID: [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:001959]
- Distribution: Philippines
- Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA; m (Gabriel & Sherwood, 2019c)
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).
Chamberlin, R. V. (1917). New spiders of the family Aviculariidae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 61: 25-75. 
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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 -- Show included taxa
Schmidt, G. (2003l). Die Vogelspinnen: Eine weltweite Übersicht. Neue Brehm-Bücherei, Hohenwarsleben, 383 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1986b). The tarantula: classification and identification guide. Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 pp. -- Show included taxa
Smith, A. M. (1987d). The tarantula: classification and identification guide (second ed.). Fitzgerald Publishing, London, 179 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. British Tarantula Society Journal 30(3): 25-48. -- Show included taxa
| 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 |