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.

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 TYPE SPECIES

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)