Cyriopagopus schmidti

Cyriopagopus schmidti is a species of spider in the family Theraphosidae (tarantulas), found in China and Vietnam.

Cyriopagopus schmidti resembles C. hainanus, but can be distinguished by its dark yellow-brown body and the shorter length of the "thorns" on the forward-facing (prolateral) sides of the maxillae.

The spider remains in its burrow during the day, emerging only at night to catch prey, mainly large insects.

[2] The species was first described by V. von Wirth in 1991, as Haplopelma schmidti,[1] based on a single female from Vietnam.

[2] Separately, J. F. Wang, X. J. Peng and L. P. Xie described Selenocosmia huwena in 1993, based on a female from Guangxi, China.