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.

Nomina dubia

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

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

type Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1892; gender feminine

(declared a nomen dubium)

Transferred to other genera:

Anisaspis awa Sherwood, Brescovit & Lucas, 2023 -- see Alienus

Anisaspis camarita Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 -- see Anisaspoides

Nomen dubium:

Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1892 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:002509] -- Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 701

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

Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1892e: 550 (Df; immature per Sherwood, Lucas & Brescovit, 2022: 93) Original description

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

Anisaspis tuberculata F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 34, f. 3-5

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

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

Anisaspis tuberculata Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d: 701 (type is immature, unidentifiable, nomen dubium)