Paratropididae

Paratropididae
Paratropididae in Honduras
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Paratropididae
Simon, 1889
Genera

See text.

Diversity
4 genera, 8 species

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.

  • Melloina Brignoli, 1985
  • Melloina gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) (Venezuela)
  • Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 (Panama)
  • Anisaspis Simon, 1891
  • Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil)
  • Paratropis papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil)
  • Paratropis tuxtlensis New species (Mexico)[1]
  • Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brazil)
  • Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (Peru)
  • Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela)

See also

Wikispecies has information related to: Paratropididae

References


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