Paratropididae

{{Short description|Family of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| name = Baldlegged spiders

| image = Paratropididae Near Pico Bonito National Park Honduras BY Stuart Longhorn Aug 2011.jpg

| image_caption = Paratropididae in Honduras

| taxon = Paratropididae

| authority = Simon, 1889

| range_map = Distribution.paratropididae.1.png

| 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.{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1889| title=Arachnides| publisher=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France}} They are more closely related to tarantulas and allies, than to most other 'true' spiders (araneomorphs).

Genera

{{Main|List of Paratropididae species}}

{{as of|2023|03}}, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:{{cite web |title=Family: Paratropididae Simon, 1889 |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/family/72 |access-date=2023-12-13 |website=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern}}

References

{{Wikispecies|Paratropididae}}

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{{Araneae}}

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Category:Mygalomorphae families

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