Nearctic States & Provinces: MB NB NS ON QC CO CT FL GA LA NH NC OK PA SC TX WI
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16340
Mangora placida (Hentz, 1847)
tuftlegged orbweaver
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Species: Mangora placida (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
tuftlegged orbweaver
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
MB NB NS ON QC CO CT FL GA LA NH NC OK PA 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:
Image(s) of Habitus:
Credit: Marlin, Bruce
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 placida Hentz 1847 |
| Mangora placida Hentz 1847 |
| Epeira praetrepida Keyserling 1881 |
| Epeira placida Emerton 1884 |
| Epeira praetrepida Keyserling 1893 |
| Epeira placida McCook 1894 |
| Mangora placida Simon 1895 |
| Epeira placida Emerton 1902 |
| Mangora placida Kaston 1948 |
| Mangora placida Levi 1975 |
| Mangora placida Dondale et al. 2003 |
| Mangora placida Paquin & Dupérré 2003 |
| Mangora placida Levi 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.
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.
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.
Keyserling, E. 1881. Neue Spinnen aus Amerika. II. Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 30: 547-582.
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.
Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, 1: 761-1084.
†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. gibberosa (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
M. maculata (Keyserling, 1865) ...............USA
M. passiva (O. P.-Cambridge, 1889) ...............USA to Nicaragua
M. spiculata (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA, China
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution