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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Mangora » Lined Orbweaver (Mangora gibberosa)

Species Mangora gibberosa - Lined Orbweaver

Classification · Explanation of Names
Orb weaver - Mangora gibberosa Spider and Web - Mangora gibberosa spider - Mangora gibberosa spider - Mangora gibberosa spider - Mangora gibberosa Mangora? - Mangora gibberosa Unidentified Spider 11 - Mangora gibberosa unknown orb weaver - Mangora gibberosa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynes)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Mangora
Species gibberosa (Lined Orbweaver)
Explanation of Names
Latin: from gibber- "hunchbacked, hump-backed" + -osus, a suffix meaning "extremely, full of"
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 22 October, 2005 - 3:04pm
Additional contributions by Chuck Entz, kschnei
Last updated 31 August, 2008 - 12:48am

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