Paratropididae

Taxobox
name = Paratropididae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Mygalomorphae
superfamilia = Theraphosoidea
familia = Paratropididae
familia_authority = Simon, 1889
diversity_link = List of Paratropididae species
diversity = 4 genera, 8 species
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The baldlegged spiders (Paratropididae) are a small spider family with eight species. They are related to tarantulas.

pecies

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan. [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Paratropididae.txt]

* 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 sanguinea" Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brazil)::* "Paratropis scruposa" Simon, 1889 (Peru)::* "Paratropis seminermis" Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela)

ee also

* List of Paratropididae species
* Spider families