Verrucosa

Verrucosa
V. arenata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subphylum:Chelicerata
Class:Arachnida
Order:Araneae
Infraorder:Araneomorphae
Family:Araneidae
Genus:Verrucosa
McCook, 1888[1]
Species

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Verrucosa is a genus of New World orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae)

Species

The genus Verrucosa contains about 50 described species. Most of them live in South America. One notable North American species is V. arenata, the Arrowhead spider.

  • Verrucosa arenata (Walckenaer, 1841)
  • Verrucosa dimastophora Mello-Leitão, 1940
  • Verrucosa lampra (Soares & Camargo, 1948)
  • Verrucosa meridionalis (Keyserling, 1892)
  • Verrucosa septemmammata Caporiacco, 1954
  • Verrucosa undecimvariolata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889)
  • Verrucosa zebra (Keyserling, 1892)
V. furcifera from Brisbane, Australia

Verrucosa furcifera (Keyserling, 1886) from Queensland, Australia was placed in this genus due to its strong outer similarity. However, it is considered misplaced.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gen. Verrucosa McCook, 1888", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-12-30
  2. ↑ Lise, Kesster, da Silva (2015): Revision of the orb-weaving spider genus Verrucosa McCook, 1888 (Araneae, Araneidae). Zootaxa 3921(1): 1-105. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3921.1.1

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