Stormtropis is a genus of Colombian baldlegged spiders first described by C. Perafán, W. Galvis & Fernando Pérez-Miles in 2019. The genus name is in reference to the fictional stormtroopers of the Star Wars franchise.[2]
| Stormtropis | |
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| Stormtropis muisca, male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Paratropididae |
| Genus: | Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019[1] |
| Type species | |
| S. parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 | |
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4, see text | |
Species
editAs of April 2019[update] it contains four species:[1]
- Stormtropis colima Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia
- Stormtropis muisca Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia
- Stormtropis paisa Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia
- Stormtropis parvum Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019 — Colombia
References
edit- ^ a b c "Gen. Stormtropis Perafán, Galvis & Pérez-Miles, 2019". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ Perafán, C.; Galvis, W.; Pérez-Miles, F. (2019). "The first Paratropididae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae) from Colombia: new genus, species and records". ZooKeys (830): 1–31. Bibcode:2019ZooK..830....1P. doi:10.3897/zookeys.830.31433. PMC 6428803. PMID 30918439.
External links
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Media related to Stormtropis at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Stormtropis at Wikispecies
