Paratropididae
| Baldlegged spiders | |
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| Paratropididae in Honduras | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |
| Diversity | |
| 5 genera, 17 species | |
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Paratropididae, also known as baldlegged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[1] They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).
Genera[]
As of March 2019, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[2]
- Anisaspis Simon, 1892 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Anisaspoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil
- Melloina Brignoli, 1985 – Venezuela, Panama
- Paratropis Simon, 1889 – South America
- Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019
References[]
- ^ Simon, E. (1889). Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.
- ^ "Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
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