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. 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 TYPE SPECIES

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