Stormtropis
Sign in to saveStormtropis is a genus of South American baldlegged spiders first described by C. Perafán, W. Galvis & Fernando Pérez-Miles in 2019. The genus name is in reference to the fictional stormtroopers of the Star Wars franchise.
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Stormtropis is a genus of South American baldlegged spiders first described by C. Perafán, W. Galvis & Fernando Pérez-Miles in 2019. The genus name is in reference to the fictional stormtroopers of the Star Wars franchise.
==Species== , this genus includes eight species: Stormtropis barbacoas Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen, 2025 – Colombia Stormtropis celiae (Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025) – Brazil Stormtropis colima Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 – Colombia Stormtropis dunlopi Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen, 2025 – Venezuela Stormtropis manauara (Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025) – Brazil Stormtropis muisca Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 – Colombia Stormtropis paisa Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 – Colombia Stormtropis parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 – Colombia
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