Paratobias

Paratobias is a monotypic genus of Central American crab spiders containing the single species, Paratobias championi. It was first described by Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1900,^[2] and it has only been found in Panama.^[1] Eugène Simon synonymized it with Stephanopis in 1903 due to several similarities to the genus,^[3] but Machado & Teixeira revalidated the genus in 2021, citing the distinctive trapezoidal shape of the abdomen as well as several differences in eye morphology.^[4]

Paratobias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Thomisidae
Genus:	Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900[1]
Species:	P. championi
Binomial name
Paratobias championi F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900[1]

See also

• Stephanopis
• Coenypha
• List of Thomisidae genera