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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| 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
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| Binomial name | |
| Paratobias championi | |
See also
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edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Paratobias F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1900". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2022. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2022-04-08.
- ^ Pickard-Cambridge, F. O. (1900), "Arachnida - Araneida and Opiliones", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, London, pp. 89–192
- ^ Simon, E. (1903). Histoire naturelle des araignées [Natural history of spiders] (in French) (2nd ed.). Roret, Paris. pp. 669–1080. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
- ^ Machado, M.; Teixeira, R. A. (2021). "Phylogenetic relationships in Stephanopinae: systematics of Stephanopis and Sidymella based on morphological characters (Araneae: Thomisidae)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21 (2): 281–313. doi:10.1007/s13127-020-00472-x. hdl:10923/20190.