Paratropis Simon, 1889

Valdez-Mondragon, Alejandro, Mendoza, Jorge I. & Francke, Oscar F., 2014, First record of the mygalomorph spider family Paratropididae (Arachnida, Araneae) in North America with the description of a new species of Paratropis Simon from Mexico, and with new ultramorphological data for the family, ZooKeys 416, pp. 1-21 : 2-3

Taxon classification Animalia Araneae Paratropididae

Genus Paratropis Simon, 1889

Type species.

Paratropis scruposa Simon, 1889

Diagnosis.

The genus can be diagnosed with the following combination of characters (after Raven 1985): 1) eye tubercle highly elevated, 2) transverse fovea, 3) narrow cheliceral furrow, with teeth on both margins in two juxtaposed rows, 4) endites with anterior conical projection, 5) Legs I of male without tibial spur, 6) paired claws of tarsus with one long tooth, 7) claw tufts absent, and 8) third claw absent on leg II (However, see Discussion concerning this character on the new species).