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Paraverrucosa sp.

Paraverrucosa sp.


Family: Araneidae
Order: Araneae
Class: Arachnida
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia

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Description


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)

Source: Wikipedia, article Paraverrucosa sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 17/07/2026.





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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
146136014/10/2012ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaClaudio Mendez
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Paraverrucosa sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 20/09/2026.