{{Short description|Genus of tarantulas}} {{Speciesbox | taxon = Melognathus dromeus | authority = Chamberlin, 1917<ref name=WSC_g4744 /> | parent_authority = Chamberlin, 1917<ref name=WSC_g4744 /> }} '''''Melognathus''''' is a monotypic genus of southeast Asian tarantulas containing the single species, '''''Melognathus dromeus'''''. It was erected in 1917 for a holotype collected from a ship that visited southeast Asia.<ref name=Cham1917 /> In 1985, the species was moved to ''Cyriopagopus'' because the autapomorphies were not considered significant enough to warrant a new genus.<ref name=Rave1985 /> Opinions between biologists were split, some using the original name and some using ''Cyriopagopus''.<ref name=WSC_g4744 /> In a 2019 report, Gabriel and Sherwood pointed out that in addition to the differences in pedipalp morphology, the holotype exhibits leg features that indicate an arboreal species, while species of ''Cyriopagopus'' are largely terrestrial.<ref name=Gabr2019 /> The ambiguous location of the holotype has left room for speculation, but {{as of|2022|02|lc=y}} the World Spider Catalog accepts this genus.<ref name=Gabr2019 /><ref name=WSC_g4744 />
==See also== * ''Cyriopagopus'' * ''Omothymus''
==References== <references>
<ref name=WSC_g4744>{{cite journal| title=Gen. Melognathus Chamberlin, 1917| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2022-04-03| year=2022| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/4744| doi=10.24436/2}}</ref>
<ref name=Rave1985>{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| author-link=Robert Raven| year=1985| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): cladistics and systematics| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=182| page=156| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/6134}}</ref>
<ref name=Cham1917>{{cite journal| author-last=Chamberlin| author-first=R. V.| year=1917| journal=Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology| title=New spiders of the family Aviculariidae| volume=61| pages=25–75| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/1719}}</ref>
*<ref name=Gabr2019>{{cite journal| author-last=Gabriel| author-first=R.| author2-last=Sherwood| author2-first=D.| year=2019| journal=Arachnology| title=The revised taxonomic placement of some arboreal Ornithoctoninae Pocock, 1895 with description of a new species of ''Omothymus'' Thorell, 1891 (Araneae: Theraphosidae)| volume=18| issue=2| pages=137–147| doi=10.13156/arac.2018.18.2.137| s2cid=201334300| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/14908| url-access=subscription}}</ref>
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==Further reading== *{{cite journal| author-last=Smith| author-first=A. M.| author2-last=Jacobi| author2-first=M. A.| year=2015| journal=British Tarantula Society Journal| title=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''| volume=30| issue=3| pages=25–48| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/13256}}
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Category:Monotypic Theraphosidae genera Category:Spiders of the Philippines