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Mangora

Lined orb-weaver

mangora.sp1

Web has slight cone shape. Light brown spider. Legs light brown with hair but no bands.

2019.YSN.W3.10

Morphospecies ID: A. M. Haberkern; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit

Location: Estación Biológica Yasuní, Ecuador (250 m.a.s.l.)

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mangora.sp2

Mangora dianasilvae. Large yellowish- beige cephalothorax with black protruding eyes. Black border around cephalothroax, and abdomen is long, rectangular and  faint pink with numerous scattered black markings on sides with a black border. The entire underside is yellow with black markings. Legs are black, cream, and yellow, with black spines on legs.

2019.BGL.W5.32

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: A. Brescovit; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Location: Reserva Biologica del Rio Bigal, Ecuador (900 m.a.s.l.)

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Similar to mangora.sp2

mangora.sp3

Triangular white cephalothorax with black circle marking over white eyes. Oval light-cream abdomen with slight brown marking near tip of abdomen. Palpal bulbs are grey and triangular with hairs. Legs are white and greenish-yellow with hairs and spines. Greenish-yellow sternum and cream underside of abdomen with grey horizontal line markings and large grey spinnerets.

2019.NRP.W6.32, 2019.NRP.W7.17

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Locations: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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Similar to araneidae.sp122 and dubiaranea.sp6

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2019.NRP.W7.17

mangora.sp4

Teardrop-shaped cream cephalothorax with black eyes in a cluster, and a visible cardiac mark. Leg pairs 1 and 2 are a gradient of copper to black, and leg pairs 3 and 4 are a gradient of cream to black. The abdomen is oval and light brown with faint dark brown markings, and black hairs and spines on the legs. Entire underside is dark brown except some cream markings on underside of abdomen.

2019.NRP.W6.39

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.NRP.W6.39

mangora.sp5

Cephalothorax is elongated and beige with black racing stripes and a cluster of black eyees. Abdomen is oval and beige with two black lines near the tip and one forked black line near the pedicel flanked by silver stained-glass lines. Legs and pedipalps are brown with black hairs and numerous black spines. Sternum is greenish-brown. Underside of abdomen is cream with black lines and a red epigynum.

2019.NRP.W7.28

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Location: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l)

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Similar to mangora.sp2

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2019.NRP.W7.28

mangora.sp6

Wedge-shaped cream cephalothorax with black eyes and an oval cream abdomen with a gradient that goes from brown to black at the tip. Legs are white near the body,  gradually transitioning to brown at the tarsi. Short black hairs on legs. Chelicerae are bright orange with red tips. Sternum is beige. Underside of abdomen is beige with a dark brown tip.

2019.NRP.W7.38, 2019.YNC.W4.16

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Locations: Narupa Reserve, Ecuador (1100 m.a.s.l), Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador (2100 m.a.s.l)

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2019.YNC.W4.16

mangora.sp7

Round beige cephalothorax with black eyes. Abdomen is oval and silvery-blue with a dark tip. Legs are beige. Sternum is dark beige, and the underside of abdomen is blue and black.

2019.YNC.W2.24

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Location: Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador (2100 m.a.s.l)

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mangora.sp8

Wedge-shaped cream cephalothorax with black eyes that are laterally conjoined. Abdomen is oval and light brown with silver stained-glass pattern and black rectangular marking near the tip. Legs are cream and get darker towards the tip. There are short black hairs on the legs, pedipalps are cream, chelicerae are cream with a burgandy tip, sternum is beige, and underside is light brown with spinnerets on the terminal edge. Eyes protrude so they are visible from the underside.

2019.YNC.W2.34

Morphospecies ID: J.C. Schmidt; Taxonomic ID: D. De Roche; Pictures: J. C. Schmidt

Location: Yanayacu Biological Station, Ecuador (2100 m.a.s.l)

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