Paratropididae
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| Baldlegged spiders | |
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| Stormtropis paisa in Colombia | |
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| Paratropididae sp. in Honduras | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Clade: | Avicularioidea |
| Family: | Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |
| Diversity | |
| 6 genera, 47 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) | |
Paratropididae, also known as bald-legged spiders, is a small family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889.[1] They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).
