Paratropididae
| Baldlegged spiders | |
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| Stormtropis paisa in Colombia | |
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| Paratropididae sp. in Honduras | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |
| Diversity | |
| 6 genera, 47 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Paratropididae, also known as bald-legged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[1] They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).
Genera
[edit]As of June 2026[update], this family includes six genera and about 50 species:[2]
- Allpanuna Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2026 – 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
References
[edit]- ^ Simon, E. (1889). Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.
- ^ "Family Paratropididae Simon, 1889". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-06-17.
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