The World Spider Catalog, Version 10.5
by Norman I. Platnick

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FAM. PARATROPIDIDAE Simon, 1889m: 214 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spiderfam:0011]

Last updated Apr. 18, 2008

N.B.: Paratropidae is an incorrect spelling (see Bonnet).

In synonymy:
Glabropelma Raven, 1985 = Melloina Brignoli, 1985 (Platnick, 1989b: 112).

Homonym replaced:
Melloa Schenkel, 1953 -- see Melloina.

Gen. Anisaspis Simon, 1891 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00293]

f tuberculata Simon, 1891 *....................St. Vincent [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002509]
A. t. Simon, 1891c: 550 (Df).
A. bacillifera Simon, 1892a: 78.
A. t. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 728, pl. 44, f. 3-5 (f).
A. t. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 165-170.

Gen. Anisaspoides F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00294]

f gigantea F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896 *....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002510]
A. g. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 726, pl. 34, f. 37 (Df).

Gen. Melloina Brignoli, 1985 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00295]

M. Brignoli, 1985: 380, replacement name for Melloa Schenkel, 1953a: 3, type M. gracilis Schenkel, 1953, preoccupied; transferred here from the Theraphosidae by Raven, 1985a: 122; objective senior synonym of Glabropelma Raven, 1985a: 122 (superfluous replacement name for Melloa).

m gracilis (Schenkel, 1953) *....................Venezuela [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002511]
Melloa g. Schenkel, 1953a: 4, f. 4a-c (Dm).
M. g. Brignoli, 1985: 380.
Glabropelma g. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 16-17 (m).
M. g. Raven, 1999: 819, f. 2A-H (m).

f rickwesti Raven, 1999....................Panama [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:038312]
M. r. Raven, 1999: 821, f. 3A-E, 4A-E, 5A-D (Df).

Gen. Paratropis Simon, 1889 [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidergen:00296]

mf papilligera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002512]
P. p. F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1896: 723, pl. 34, f. 1, 6-8, 23, pl. 35, f. 17 (Dmf).
P. p. Simon, 1903a: 874, f. 1032.

f sanguinea Mello-Leitão, 1923....................Brazil [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002513]
P. s. Mello-Leitão, 1923a: 36 (Df).

f scruposa Simon, 1889 *....................Peru [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002514]
P. s. Simon, 1889m: 215 (Df).
P. scrupea Simon, 1892a: 78, f. 78-79 (f).
P. s. Raven, 1985a: 122, f. 171-178.

f seminermis Caporiacco, 1955....................Venezuela [urn:lsid:amnh.org:spidersp:002515]
P. s. Caporiacco, 1955: 271 (Df).