Paratropididae
| Paratropididae | |
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| Paratropididae in Honduras | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
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Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |
| Genera | |
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| Diversity | |
| 4 genera, 8 species | |
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Paratropididae is a small spider family with eight species, known as baldlegged spiders. They are mygalomomorphs more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'web-building' spiders (araneomorphs).
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.[1]
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