Nearctic States & Provinces: FL MS NC
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16349
Mangora spiculata (Hentz, 1847)
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Mangora O. P.-Cambridge, 1889
Species: Mangora spiculata (Hentz, 1847)
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, China
Nearctic States & Provinces:
FL MS NC
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:
(images not yet available)
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:
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Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Epeira spiculata Hentz 1847 |
| Mangora spiculata Hentz 1847 |
| Mangora floridana Archer 1951 |
| Mangora spiculata Levi 1975 |
| Mangora spiculata Xu & Wang 1983 |
| Mangora spiculata Yin et al. 1997 |
| Mangora spiculata Song, Zhu & Chen 1999 |
| Mangora spiculata Levi 2005 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 1. Am. Mus. Novit. 1487: 1-52.
Hentz, N. M. 1847. Descriptions and figures of the araneides of the United States. Boston J. nat. Hist. 5: 443-478.
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.
Song, D. X., M. S. Zhu & J. Chen. 1999. The Spiders of China. Hebei Sci. Technol. Publ. House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp.
Xu, Y. J. & L. Wang. 1983. [A record of Psechrus mimus Chamberlin]. J. Huizhou Teachers Coll. 1983(2): 35-36.
Yin, C. M., X. J. Peng, L. S. Gong, Y. F. Chen & J. P. Kim. 1997. Six new species of the genus Pardosa from China (Araneae: Lycosidae). Korean Arachnol. 13(2): 19-31.
†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. placida (Hentz, 1847) ...............North America
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution