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)
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