The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16323

Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)
lined orbweaver

FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
    Genus: Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889

        Species: Mangora gibberosa (Hentz, 1847)

Common Names

Family Common Name:  orbweavers
Genus Common Name:  none
Species Common Name:  lined orbweaver

Distribution

Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:   ON QC CO FL MO NY NC OK SC TX WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: 


Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)

Feeding Guild:  orb weavers
Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:  (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Seasonality of Specimen Records:

   seasonality
Image(s) of Habitus:


Credit: Murray, Tom

Details About Males

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of External Male Genitalia:  (image not yet available)

Details About Females

Description:  (not yet recorded or unknown)

Image of Epigynum:  (image not yet available)

Synonyms and Chresonyms

Epeira gibberosa Hentz 1847
Mangora gibberosa Hentz 1847
Epeira gibberosa Emerton 1884
Epeira gibberosa Keyserling 1893
Abbotia gibberosa McCook 1894
Mangora gibberosa Simon 1895
Epeira gibberosa Emerton 1902
Abbotiana gibberosa Strand 1929
Mangora gibberosa Kaston 1948
Mangora gibberosa Archer 1951
Mangora gibberosa Shear 1967
Mangora gibberosa Levi 1975
Mangora gibberosa Breene et al. 1993
Mangora gibberosa Hutchinson, Paquin & LeSage 2000
Mangora gibberosa Dondale et al. 2003
Mangora gibberosa Paquin & Dupérré 2003
Mangora gibberosa Levi 2005

Taxonomic References

Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.

Breene, R. G., D. A. Dean, M. Nyffeler & G. B. Edwards. 1993. Biology, Predation Ecology, and Significance of Spiders in Texas Cotton Ecosystems with a Key to Species. Texas Agriculture Experiment Station, College Station, 115 pp.

Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.

Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.

Emerton, J. H. 1884. New England spiders of the family Epeiridae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 295-342.

Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.

Hutchinson, R., P. Paquin & L. LeSage. 2000. Mangora gibberosa (Hentz) (Araneae: Araneidae) au Québec: nouvelles récoltes et notes biologiques. Fabreries 25: 46-51.

Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.

Keyserling, E. 1893. Die Spinnen Amerikas. Epeiridae. Nürnberg, 4: 209-377.

Levi, H. W. 2005. The orb-weaver genus Mangora of Mexico, Central America, and the West Indies (Araneae: Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 158: 139-182.

Levi, H. W. 1975. The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 101-135.

McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.

Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.

Shear, W. A. 1967. Expanding the palpi of male spiders. Breviora 259: 1-27.

Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.

Strand, E. 1929. Zoological and palaeontological nomenclatorical notes. Act. Univ. Latviensis 20: 1-29.

Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html

Other Nearctic Members of Genus Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889‡‡

M. acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) ...............Palearctic
M. calcarifera F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1904 ...............USA to Costa Rica
M. fascialata Franganillo, 1936 ...............USA to Honduras, Cuba, Hispaniola, Trinidad
M. maculata (Keyserling, 1865) ...............USA
M. passiva (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) ...............USA to Nicaragua
M. placida (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
M. spiculata (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, China

‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution