Paraverrucosa

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Paraverrucosa
Paraverrucosa neglecta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

4, see text

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]

Species[edit]

As of April 2024 it contains four species:[1]

Formerly included:

  • P. octospinosa Mello-Leitão, 1949 (Transferred to Wagneriana)
  • P. uropygialis Mello-Leitão, 1944 (Transferred to Alpaida)

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References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Gen. Paraverrucosa Mello-Leitão, 1939". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2024-04-21.
  2. ^ Mello-Leitão, C. F. de (1939). "Araignées américaines du Musee d'histoire naturelle de Bâle" [American spiders from the Basel Natural History Museum]. Revue Suisse de Zoologie (in French). 46: 43–93. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117928.
  3. ^ Cabra-García, J.; Hormiga, G. (2020). "Exploring the impact of morphology, multiple sequence alignment and choice of optimality criteria in phylogenetic inference: a case study with the Neotropical orb-weaving spider genus Wagneriana (Araneae: Araneidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 188 (4): 976–1151. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlz088.

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