Paraverrucosa Explained

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. Each of the four species have been moved around between Wagneriana, Edricus, and Verrucosa, but were all moved to this genus in 2020.

Species

it contains four species:

• 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)

Further reading

• Levi. H. W.. 1991. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. The Neotropical orb-weaver genera Edricus and Wagneriana (Araneae: Araneidae). 152. 363–415.
• Caporiacco. L. di. 1948. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. Arachnida of British Guiana collected in 1931 and 1936 by Professors Beccari and Romiti. 118. 3. 607–747. 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1948.tb00402.x.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1947. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro. Aranhas de Carmo do Rio Claro (Minas Gerais) coligidas pelo naturalista José C. M. Carvalho. Bulletin of the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro. Portuguese. 80. 1–34.
• Mello-Leitão. C. F. de. 1947. Arquivos do Museu Paranaense. Aranhas do Paraná e Santa Catarina, das coleções do Museu Paranaense. Aranhas do Paraná and Santa Catarina, from the collections of the Museu Paranaense. Portuguese. 6. 231–304.