Paratropis

Paratropis
Paratropis tuxtlensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Mygalomorphae
Family:	Paratropididae
Genus:	Paratropis Simon, 1889[1]
Type species
Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889[2]
Distribution of the five known species of Paratropis (Click to enlarge)

Paratropis is a genus of spiders in the family Paratropididae.[3]

Species

As of 2022^[update], it contains 10 species

• Paratropis elicioi Dupérré, 2015 — Ecuador
• Paratropis florezi Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia
• Paratropis minuscula (Almeida & de Morais, 2022) — Guyana
• Paratropis otonga Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 — Ecuador
• Paratropis papilligera F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 — Colombia, Brazil
• Paratropis pristirana Dupérré & Tapia, 2020 — Ecuador
• Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 — Brazil
• Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (type) — Peru
• Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
• Paratropis tuxtlensis Valdez-Mondragón, Mendoza & Francke, 2014 — Mexico

References

1. "Paratropis Simon, 1889". GBIF.org. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
2. Valdez-Mondragón, Alejandro; Mendoza, Jorge I.; Francke, Oscar F. (16 June 2014). "First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family". ZooKeys (416). Pensoft Publishers: 1–21. doi:10.3897/zookeys.416.7253. PMC 4109506. PMID 25061343. Retrieved 30 June 2014.
3. "Paratropis Simon, 1889". ITIS. Retrieved 27 June 2014.

External links

• "Paratropis". The Encyclopedia of Life.