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Melopoeus
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Melopoeus

Cyriopagopus is a genus of southeast Asian tarantulas found from Myanmar to the Philippines. As of March 2017, the genus includes species formerly placed in Haplopelma. It was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1887.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Cobalt Blue Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus lividus

Chinese Black Earth Tiger Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus hainanus

Vietnam Earth Tiger Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus longipes

Chinese Giant Gold Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus schmidti

Cambodian Tiger Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus albostriatus

Thai Black Tarantula

speciesMelopoeus minax

Melopoeus vonwirthi

speciesMelopoeus vonwirthi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1676736.