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Genus: Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900 | Family: Thomisidae Sundevall, 1833

Paratobias championi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900

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Described:

Distribution: Mexico, Honduras, Panama

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Holotype: f (presumably lost) - (Machado, Guzati & Teixeira, 2025)

Taxonomic References

Paratobias championi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: 162, pl. 11, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Stephanopis championi Simon, 1903a: 1017

Paratobias championi Machado & Teixeira, 2021: 297, f. 13b, 18c (f, T from Stephanopis)

Paratobias championi Machado, Guzati & Teixeira, 2025: 387, f. 1B-D, 4A-F, 5A-F (Dm, f)

References

Machado, M. & Teixeira, R. A. (2021). Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution 21(2): 281-313. doi: 10.1007/s13127-020-00472-x -- Show included taxa

Machado, M., Guzati, C. & Teixeira, R. A. (2025). Taxonomic notes on Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900: updated diagnosis and a new species description (Araneae, Thomisidae, Stephanopinae). Zootaxa 5692(2): 381-392. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.10 -- Show included taxa

Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1900). Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones. In: Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology. London 2, 89-192, pl. 6-15. [[for the exact dates see Lyal, 2011]] -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1903a). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Deuxième édition, tome second. Roret, Paris, pp. 669-1080. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.51973 [[second pdf with detailed publication dates of the single parts]] -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-09-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Machado, Guzati & Teixeira, 2025
2025-09-13	First description of male	Machado, Guzati & Teixeira, 2025	Old value
2025-09-13	Species distribution update	Machado, Guzati & Teixeira, 2025	Old value
2021-06-22	New taxonomic reference entry	Machado & Teixeira, 2021
2021-06-22	Species transferred to new genus	Machado & Teixeira, 2021		Species transferred from Stephanopis to Paratobias