Paratropididae

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Kingdom Animalia Class Arachnida Rank Family Order Spider		Subphylum Chelicerata Infraorder Mygalomorphae Phylum Arthropoda

Similar Microstigmatidae, Cycloctenidae, Stenochilidae, Senoculidae, Austrochilidae

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.[1]

Glabropelmatinae Raven, 1985

Melloina Brignoli, 1985

Melloina gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) (Venezuela)

Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 (Panama)

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)

Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brazil)

Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (Peru)

Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela)

References

Paratropididae Wikipedia

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