Larinia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874.[5]

Larinia
female Larinia phthisica from Okinawa.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Larinia
Simon, 1874[1]
Type species
L. lineata
(Lucas, 1846)
Species

58, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Drexelia McCook, 1892[2][3]
  • Larinopa Grasshoff, 1970[4]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains fifty-eight species:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Larinia Simon, 1874". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. ^ Harrod, J. C.; Levi, H. W.; Leibensperger, L. B. (1991). "The Neotropical orbweavers of the genus Larinia (Araneae: Araneidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 97: 243.
  3. ^ Levi, H. W. (1975). "The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae)". Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 147: 102.
  4. ^ Framenau, V. W.; Scharff, N. (2008). "The orb-weaving spider genus Larinia in Australia (Araneae: Araneidae)". Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny. 66 (2): 242. doi:10.3897/asp.66.e31685.
  5. ^ Simon, E. (1874). Les arachnides de France.