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Mangora (spider)

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Mangora
Mangora acalypha
Mangora maculata from Woodbridge, Virginia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

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Mangora spiculata from Woodbridge, Virginia

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

References

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  1. ^ a b "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