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

Nomen dubium:

Anisaspis Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00293] -- Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 701

Gen. Alienus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06446

type Alienus pollex Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025; gender masculine

N.B.: preoccupied in Coleoptera by Galileo & Martins, 2010.

Alienus abditus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066604

Alienus abditus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 690, f. 2B, 18A-L, 19A-D, 21-22 (Dmf) Original description

Alienus alo Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066605

Alienus alo Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 693, f. 23A-F (Df) Original description

Alienus 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

Alienus awa Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 694 (T from Anisaspis)

Alienus basho Sherwood, Drolshagen, Peñaherrera-R. & Ríos-Tamayo, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066606

Alienus basho Sherwood, Drolshagen, Peñaherrera-R. & Ríos-Tamayo in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 694, f. 24A-H (Df) Original description

Alienus croceus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066607

Alienus croceus Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 696, f. 25A-F (Df) Original description

Alienus pasochoa (Dupérré & Tapia, 2024) | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062474

Paratropis pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 471, f. 18A-B, 19A-C (Df; subadult per Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 697) Original description

Alienus pasochoa Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 697, f. 26A-F (Df, T from Paratropis)

Alienus pollex Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066603

Alienus pollex Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 686, f. 17A-F (Df) Original description

Alienus roigi Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E. & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066608

Alienus roigi Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R., León-E. & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 699, f. 28A-I (Df) Original description

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

type Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896; gender feminine

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

Anisaspis camarita Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 5, f. 1A-F (Dm) Original description

Anisaspoides camarita Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 701 (T from Anisaspis)

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. Inpatropis Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06447

type Paratropis minuscula Almeida & de Morais, 2022; gender feminine

Inpatropis 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

Inpatropis minuscula Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 703 (T from Paratropis)

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

type Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889; gender feminine

Transferred to other genera:

Paratropis celiae Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025 -- see Stormtropis

Paratropis manauara Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025 -- see Stormtropis

Paratropis minuscula Almeida & de Morais, 2022 -- see Inpatropis

Paratropis pasochoa Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 -- see Alienus

Paratropis amfe Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065316

Paratropis amfe Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 53, f. 1A-E (Df) Original description

Paratropis arenosa Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062475

Paratropis arenosa Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 474, f. 20, 21A-B, 22A-D (Df) Original description

Paratropis aurelianoi Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065317

Paratropis aurelianoi Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 55, f. 2A-E (Df) Original description

Paratropis calarca Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065318

Paratropis calarca Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 58, f. 3A-E (Df) Original description

Paratropis carcosita Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062473

Paratropis carcosita Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 469, f. 16A-B, 17A-D (Df) Original description

Paratropis carcosita Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 679 (misplaced)

Paratropis chami Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065319

Paratropis chami Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 60, f. 4A-D, 5A-D (Dm) Original description

Paratropis cryptica Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062476

Paratropis cryptica Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 477, f. 23A, 24A-B, 25A-F, 26A-B, 27A-B, 28A-E, 29D (Dmf) Original description

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

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

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

Paratropis elicioi Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 669, f. 2A (m)

Paratropis esmeraldas Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062470

Paratropis esmeraldas Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 452, f. 1A-B, 2A-C, 3A-B, 4A-B, 5A-E, 29A (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis esmeraldas Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 679 (misplaced)

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 kapak Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062472

Paratropis kapak Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 464, f. 12A-B, 13A-E, 14A-D, 15A-F, 29C (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis kapak Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 679 (misplaced)

Paratropis lluspiosa Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia, Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065323

Paratropis elicioi Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019: 8, f. 2A-H (mf; misidentified per Dupérré & Tapia, 2020b: 327 and Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 72)

Paratropis lluspiosa Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 72 (D, new name for Paratropis elicioi sensu Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019) Original description

Paratropis macca Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065320

Paratropis macca Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 62, f. 6A-D, 7A-D, 8A-E (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis nunka Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066601

Paratropis nunka Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 682, f. 3A, 13A-F (Df) 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 pekari Rodríguez-Castro, Agudelo-Rodríguez & García, 2026 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066762

Paratropis pekari Rodríguez-Castro, Agudelo-Rodríguez & García, 2026: 581, f. 1A-D, 2A-F, 3A-D, 4A-F, 5A-D (Dmf) Original description

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 pukallucha Dupérré & Tapia, 2024 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062471

Paratropis pukallucha Dupérré & Tapia, 2024c: 458, f. 6, 7A-B, 8A-E, 9A-H, 10A-D, 11A-F, 29B (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis pukallucha Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 680 (misplaced)

Paratropis rocolita Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066602

Paratropis rocolita Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 683, f. 14A-F (Df) Original description

Paratropis salsa Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065321

Paratropis salsa Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 66, f. 9A-E (Df) 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, lapsus)

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

Paratropis urku Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065322

Paratropis urku Tauber, Perafán & Pérez-Miles, 2025: 68, f. 10A-D, 11A-D, 12A-E (Dmf) Original description

Paratropis vulcanix Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064327

Paratropis vulcanix Santos et al., 2025a: 244, f. 77-87 (Df) Original description

Paratropis vulcanix Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 680 (misplaced)

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

type Stormtropis parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019; gender neuter

Stormtropis barbacoas Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Colombia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066609

Stormtropis barbacoas Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 703, f. 30A-H (Df) Original description

Stormtropis celiae (Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064325

Paratropis celiae Santos et al., 2025a: 236, f. 1-53 (Dmf) Original description

Stormtropis celiae Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 705, f. 31A-H, 32A-G, 33A-G (mf, T from Paratropis)

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 dunlopi Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Venezuela urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066610

Stormtropis dunlopi Ríos-Tamayo, Sherwood, Peñaherrera-R. & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 708, f. 34A-G (Df) Original description

Stormtropis manauara (Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025) | | Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064326

Paratropis manauara Santos et al., 2025a: 240, f. 54-76 (Dmf) Original description

Stormtropis manauara Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 708 (T from Paratropis)

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

Gen. Yamaratropis Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06448

type Yamaratropis machinaza Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025; gender feminine

Yamaratropis machinaza Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen, 2025 | | Ecuador urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:066611

Yamaratropis machinaza Peñaherrera-R., Sherwood, León-E., Ríos-Tamayo & Drolshagen in Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 710, f. 1A-B, 3B, 35A-F, 36A-B, 38 (Df) Original description