Mangora acalypha

Mangora acalypha
	Female dorsal view
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Mangora
Species:	M. acalypha
Binomial name
	Mangora acalypha; (Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms
	Aranea acalypha Walckenaer, 1802 ; Epeira acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) ; Epeira genistae Hahn, 1831 ; Zilla genistae (Hahn, 1831) ; Zilla decora C. L. Koch, 1837 ; Zilla acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) ; Miranda acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) ; Meta acalypha (Walckenaer, 1802) ;

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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