Paratropididae
| Paratropididae | |
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| Paratropididae in Honduras | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Suborder: | Opisthothelae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |
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| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, 8 species | |
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Paratropididae is a small spider family with eight species, known as baldlegged spiders. They are mygalomomorphs more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'web-building' spiders (araneomorphs).
Species
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.
- Glabropelmatinae Raven, 1985
- Melloina Brignoli, 1985
- Paratropidinae Simon, 1889
- Anisaspis Simon, 1891
- Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1891 (St. Vincent)
- Anisaspoides F. O. P-Cambridge, 1896
- Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil)
- Paratropis Simon, 1889
- Paratropis papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil)
- Paratropis tuxtlensis New species (Mexico)[1]
- Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brazil)
- Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (Peru)
- Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela)
See also
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References
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