[1] Omothymus schioedtei is a large and colourful arboreal tarantula from the subfamily Ornithoctoninae.

The relationship between a number of genera of East Asian spiders was unclear as of March 2017[update].

A. M. Smith and M. A. Jacobi in 2015 restored the species to its original name of Omothymus schioedtei, on the grounds that the type species of the genus Cyriopagopus, C. paganus, was not distinct from the genus Haplopelma, unlike C. schioedtei.

[1] It lives in primary lowland and foothill monsoon forest in hollow trees many meters up.

Adult females are almost entirely found in large mature trees, but younger animals can be found behind loose bark, in rock crevices and in man made structures like bridges and board walks.