Paraverrucosa
Genus of spiders
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Paraverrucosa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Cândido Firmino de Mello-Leitão in 1939 to contain the type species, Paraverrucosa neglecta.[2] Each of the four species have been moved around between Wagneriana, Edricus, and Verrucosa, but were all moved to this genus in 2020.[3]
| Paraverrucosa | |
|---|---|
| |
| Paraverrucosa neglecta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitão, 1939[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. neglecta Mello-Leitão, 1939 | |
| Species | |
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4, see text | |
Species
As of April 2024[update] it contains four species:[1]
- P. eupalaestra (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil, Argentina
- P. heteracantha (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil, Argentina
- P. neglecta Mello-Leitão, 1939 – Trinidad to Argentina
- P. uzaga (Levi, 1991) – Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina
Formerly included:
- P. octospinosa Mello-Leitão, 1949 (Transferred to Wagneriana)
- P. uropygialis Mello-Leitão, 1944 (Transferred to Alpaida)
