Paratropididae
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The baldlegged spiders (Paratropididae) are a small spider
Spider
Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 family with eight species. They are related to tarantulas.

Species

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan.http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Paratropididae.txt
  • Glabropelmatinae Raven, 1985
  • Melloina Brignoli, 1985
  • Melloina gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) (Venezuela
    Venezuela
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    )
  • Melloina rickwesti Raven, 1999 (Panama
    Panama
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    )

  • Paratropidinae Simon, 1889
  • Anisaspis Simon, 1891
  • Anisaspis tuberculata Simon, 1891 (St. Vincent
    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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    )

  • Anisaspoides F. O. P-Cambridge
    Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge
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    , 1896
  • Anisaspoides gigantea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil
    Brazil
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    )

  • Paratropis Simon, 1889
  • Paratropis papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 (Brazil)
  • Paratropis sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923 (Brazil)
  • Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889 (Peru
    Peru
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    )
  • Paratropis seminermis Caporiacco, 1955 (Venezuela)
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