Paratropididae

Baldlegged spiders
Paratropididae in Honduras
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Clade: Avicularioidea
Family: Paratropididae
Simon, 1889
Diversity
4 genera, 19 species

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).

  1. ^ Simon, E. (1889). Arachnides. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France.