Mangora acalypha

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Mangora acalypha
(MHNT) Mangora acalypha dorsal view.jpg
Female dorsal view
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Mangora
Species:
M. acalypha
Binomial name
Mangora acalypha
(Walckenaer, 1802) [1]
Synonyms [1]
  • Aranea acalyphaWalckenaer, 1802
  • Epeira acalypha(Walckenaer, 1802)
  • Epeira genistaeHahn, 1831
  • Zilla genistae(Hahn, 1831)
  • Zilla decoraC. L. Koch, 1837
  • Zilla acalypha(Walckenaer, 1802)
  • Miranda acalypha(Walckenaer, 1802)
  • Meta acalypha(Walckenaer, 1802)

Mangora acalypha, also known by its common name cricket-bat orbweaver, [2] is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found throughout the Palearctic realm. [1] This species was originally described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 as Aranea acalypha. [1] [3]

Habitat

Mangora acalypha is common in meadows, forests and gardens. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Taxon details Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-25
  2. ↑ "Cricket-bat Orbweaver (Mangora acalypha)", iNaturalist, retrieved 2021-04-02
  3. 1 2 Walckenaer, C. A. & Fabricius, Johann Christian (1802), Faune parisienne, insectes, ou Histoire abrégée des insectes des environs de Paris : classés d'après le systême de Fabricius; précédée d'un discours sur les insectes en général, pour servir d'introduction à l'étude de l'entomologie (in French), vol. 2, Paris: Dentu


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