Verrucosa

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

Species

it contains forty-five species:

• Verrucosa alvarengai <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa apuela <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Ecuador
• Verrucosa arenata <small>(Walckenaer, 1841)</small> (type) – USA to Panama, Greater Antilles
• Verrucosa avilesae <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Ecuador, Colombia
• Verrucosa bartica <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Guyana
• Verrucosa benavidesae <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia, Peru
• Verrucosa brachiscapa <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Ecuador
• Verrucosa cachimbo <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa cajamarca <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Peru
• Verrucosa caninde <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa canje <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Guyana
• Verrucosa carara <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Costa Rica
• Verrucosa chanchamayo <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Peru
• Verrucosa coroico <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Bolivia
• Verrucosa cuyabenoensis <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Ecuador, Bolivia
• Verrucosa cuyuni <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Guyana
• Verrucosa cylicophora <small>(Badcock, 1932)</small> – Brazil, Paraguay
• Verrucosa excavata <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa florezi <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa galianoae <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa guatopo <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Venezuela
• Verrucosa hoferi <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa lampra <small>(Soares & Camargo, 1948)</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa lata <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa latigastra <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Guyana, Brazil
• Verrucosa levii <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa macarena <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa manauara <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa meridionalis <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Verrucosa meta <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa opon <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa pedrera <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa rancho <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Venezuela
• Verrucosa reticulata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> – Panama
• Verrucosa rhea <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa scapofracta <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Verrucosa septemmammata <small>Caporiacco, 1954</small> – French Guiana
• Verrucosa sergipana <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Brazil
• Verrucosa silvae <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia, Peru
• Verrucosa simla <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Trinidad
• Verrucosa suaita <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa tarapoa <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil
• Verrucosa tuberculata <small>Lise, Kesster & Silva, 2015</small> – Colombia
• Verrucosa undecimvariolata <small>(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889)</small> – Mexico to Argentina
• Verrucosa zebra <small>(Keyserling, 1892)</small> – Brazil, Argentina

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

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