Paratropididae

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).

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

Genera

Main article: List of Paratropididae species

As of March 2023^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

• Anisaspis Simon, 1892 – Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
• Anisaspoides F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1896 – Brazil
• Paratropis Simon, 1889 – South America
• Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019