World Spider Catalog

Genus: Paratropis Simon, 1889 | Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889

Paratropis vulcanix Santos, Gomes, Almeida, de Morais & Bertani, 2025

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064327

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Described:

Distribution: Colombia

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Museum of Comparative Zoology (MCZ), Harvard University, Cambridge, USA f (71028) - (Santos et al., 2025a)

Taxonomic References

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

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

References

Peñaherrera-R., P., Ríos-Tamayo, D., León-E., R. J., Drolshagen, B. & Sherwood, D. (2025d). On encrusted soil and mud: a preliminary phylogenetic analysis of the mud spider family Paratropididae Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae) brings to light new species and genera. Invertebrate Zoology 22(4): 662-717. doi: 10.15298/invertzool.22.4.10 -- Show included taxa

Santos, N. A. S., Gomes, J. P. C., Almeida, M. Q., Morais, J. W. de & Bertani, R. (2025a). Three new species of Paratropis Simon, 1889 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Paratropididae) from Brazil and Colombia. Journal of Arachnology 52(3, 2024): 234-250. doi: 10.1636/JoA-S-23-014 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference
2026-01-06	New taxonomic reference entry	Peñaherrera-R. et al., 2025d
2025-03-12	New taxonomic reference entry	Santos et al., 2025a
2025-03-12	New species inserted	Santos et al., 2025a