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).
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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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