Mangora (spider)

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Mangora
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Mangora acalypha
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Mangora maculata from Woodbridge, Virginia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mangora
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889 [1]
Type species
M. picta
O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889
Species

186, see text

Mangora is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by O. Pickard-Cambridge in 1889. [2]

Species

Mangora spiculata from Woodbridge, Virginia Mangora spiculata, Julie Metz Wetlands, Woodbridge, Virginia.jpg
Mangora spiculata from Woodbridge, Virginia

As of November 2024 it contains 187 species in the Americas and the Caribbean: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Mangora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1889". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2024-11-24.
  2. Pickard-Cambridge, O. (1889), "Arachnida. Araneida", Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology