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Paratropididae
Sign in to saveParatropididae, also known as bald-legged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyParatropididae
Paratropididae es una pequeña familia de arañas migalomorfas, que forman parte de la superfamilia (Theraphosoidea). Índice 1 Sistemática 2 Véase también 3 Referencias 4 Enlaces externos Sistemática Categorización en 2 subfamilias según Joel Hallan.[1] Glabropelmatinae Raven, 1985 Melloina Brignoli, 1985 Melloina gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) (Venezuela) Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 (Panamá) 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 (Brasil) Paratropis Simon, 1889 Paratropis papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brasil) Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brasil) Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (Perú) Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela) Véase también Anexo:Especies de Paratropididae Taxonomía de las arañas Referencias Platnick, Norman I. (2012): The world spider catalog, version 12.5. American Museum of Natural History. Texas A&M University, Department of Entomology - Synopsis of the described Araneae of the World.
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 29
- Family
- Paratropididae
- Collections
- MCZ, USNM, FMNH, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Honduras
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Paratropididae, also known as bald-legged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889. They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).
==Genera== , this family includes six genera and 47 species: Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 – Ecuador Anisaspoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil, Colombia Inpatropis Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 – Guyana Paratropis Simon, 1889 – Mexico, South America Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 – Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela Yamaratropis Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 – Ecuador
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