Paratropididae, also known as baldlegged spiders, is a small family of

mygalomorph The Mygalomorphae, or mygalomorphs, are an infraorder of spiders, and comprise one of three major groups of living spiders with over 3000 species, found on all continents except Antarctica. Many members are known as trapdoor spiders due to the ...

spider Spiders ( order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, chelicerae with fangs generally able to inject venom, and spinnerets that extrude silk. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species ...

s first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1889. They are more closely related to

tarantulas Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although m ...

and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders ( araneomorphs).

Genera

, the

World Spider Catalog The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy. It aims to list all accepted families, genera and species, as well as provide access to the related taxonomic literature. The WSC began as a series of ...

accepts the following genera: *'' Anisaspis'' Simon, 1892 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines *'' Anisaspoides'' F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil *'' Melloina'' Brignoli, 1985 – Venezuela, Panama *'' Paratropis'' Simon, 1889 – South America *'' Stormtropis'' Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019

References

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