Arrowhead-spider
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Verrucosa
Verrucosa is a genus of New World orb-weaver spiders (family Araneidae) first described by Henry McCook in 1888. The genus contains approximately forty-five described species, with the vast majority distributed in South America. A single species, Verrucosa arenata (the arrowhead spider), occurs in the United States, ranging from the eastern USA through Panama and into the Greater Antilles. The genus exhibits a predominantly Neotropical distribution pattern.