World Spider Catalog

Paratropididae Simon, 1889

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: The name of the family is formed correctly in accordance with ICZN article 29.3.1., based on the stem of the genitive singular (Paratropidis) of the name of the type genus (Paratropis) (contra Murphy & Roberts, 2015: viii). Furthermore a wrong spelling would be protected by ICZN article 29.5.

Transferred to other families:

Glabropelma Raven, 1985 -- see Theraphosidae

Melloa Schenkel, 1953 -- see Theraphosidae

Melloina Brignoli, 1985 -- see Theraphosidae

Gen. Anisaspis Simon, 1892 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00293

Anisaspis awa Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057460

Anisaspis awa Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023: 769, f. 1-7 (Dm) Original description

Anisaspis camarita Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051003

Anisaspis camarita Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 7, f. 1A-F (Dm) Original description

Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1892 | j | St. Vincent urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002509

Anisaspis bacillifera Simon, 1892a: 78 (lapsus for tuberculata)

Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1892e: 550 (Df) Original description

Anisaspis tuberculata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 44, f. 3-5 (f)

Anisaspis tuberculata Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 165-170

Anisaspis tuberculata Sherwood, Lucas & Brescovit, 2022: 93, f. 1-7 (j, types are immature)

Gen. Anisaspoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00294

Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002510

Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 726, pl. 34, f. 37 (Df) Original description

Anisaspoides gigantea Sherwood, Lucas & Brescovit, 2022: 93, f. 8-15 (f)

Gen. Paratropis Simon, 1889 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00296

Paratropis elicioi Dupérré, 2015 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:048135

Paratropis elicioi Dupérré, 2015c: 328, f. 1-13 (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis elicioi Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 8, f. 2A-H (mf; misidentified per Dupérré & Tapia, 2020b: 327)

Paratropis elicioi Dupérré & Tapia, 2020b: 327, f. 1-10, 50, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 62, 64, 66, 68 (mf)

Paratropis florezi Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051004

Paratropis florezi Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 11, f. 3A-D (Df) Original description

Paratropis minuscula Almeida & de Morais, 2022 | | Guyana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055834

Paratropis minusculus Almeida & de Morais, 2022: 2, f. 1-11 (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052505

Paratropis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2020b: 332, f. 11, 13-26 (Df) Original description

Paratropis papilligera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 | | Colombia, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002512

Paratropis papilligera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 723, pl. 34, f. 1, 6-8, 23, pl. 35, f. 17 (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis papilligera Simon, 1903a: 874, f. 1032

Paratropis papilligera Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 14, f. 4A-G (m)

Paratropis pristirana Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052506

Paratropis pristirana Dupérré & Tapia, 2020b: 335, f. 12, 27-49, 51, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63, 65, 67, 69-71 (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002513

Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 36 (Df) Original description

Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 | | Peru urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002514

Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889m: 215 (Df) Original description

Paratropis scrupea Simon, 1892a: 78, f. 78-79 (f)

Paratropis scruposa Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 171-178

Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002515

Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955: 271 (Df) Original description

Paratropis tortue Sherwood, Lucas & Brescovit, 2023 | | French Guiana urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057394

Paratropis tortue Sherwood, Lucas & Brescovit, 2023: 2, f. 1-8 (Dm) Original description

Paratropis tuxtlensis Valdez-Mondragón, Mendoza & Francke, 2014 | | Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:047021

Paratropis tuxtlensis Valdez-Mondragón, Mendoza & Francke, 2014: 4, f. 1-56, 58-61 (Dmf) Original description

Gen. Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04525

Stormtropis colima Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051005

Stormtropis colima Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 17, f. 5A-G (Dm) Original description

Stormtropis muisca Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051006

Stormtropis muisca Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 19, f. 6A-G (Dm) Original description

Stormtropis paisa Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051007

Stormtropis paisa Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 21, f. 7A-G, 8A-D (Dmf) Original description

Stormtropis parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:051008

Stormtropis parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 25, f. 9A-G (Dm) Original description