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Verrucosa

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Verrucosa
V. arenata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Verrucosa
McCook, 1888
Type species
V. arenata
(Walckenaer, 1841)
Species

45, see text

Verrucosa is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Henry McCook in 1888.[1] It contains almost fifty described species, most of which live in South America. The only species in the United States is the arrowhead spider.[2]

Species

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V. furcifera from Brisbane, Australia

As of April 2019 it contains forty-five species:[3]

Verrucosa furcifera (Keyserling, 1886) from Queensland, Australia was placed in this genus due to its strong outer similarity. However, it is considered misplaced,[4] and is now Carepalxis furcifera.

References

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  1. ^ McCook, H. C. (1888). "Necessity for revising the nomenclature of American spiders". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1888: 74–79.
  2. ^ "Genus Verrucosa". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  3. ^ Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Verrucosa McCook, 1888". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-15.
  4. ^ Lise, Arno A.; Kesster, Cynara C.; Da Silva, Estevam L. Cruz (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. PMID 25781566.
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"Verrucosa" at the Encyclopedia of Life