Mangora acalypha, also known by its common name cricket-bat orbweaver,[2] is a species of spider in the family Araneidae, found throughout the Palearctic realm.[1] This species was originally described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1802 as Aranea acalypha.[1][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Mangora |
| Species: | M. acalypha
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| Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)[1]
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Habitat
editMangora acalypha is common in meadows, forests and gardens.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Taxon details Mangora acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802)", World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-25
- ^ "Cricket-bat Orbweaver (Mangora acalypha)", iNaturalist, retrieved 2021-04-02
- ^ a b Walckenaer, C. A. & Fabricius, Johann Christian (1802), Faune parisienne, insectes, ou Histoire abrégée des insectes des environs de Paris : classés d'après le systême de Fabricius; précédée d'un discours sur les insectes en général, pour servir d'introduction à l'étude de l'entomologie (in French), vol. 2, Paris: Dentu
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