Larinioides

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Larinioides
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L. cornutus
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L. patagiatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Larinioides
Caporiacco, 1934 [1]
Type species
L. suspicax
Species

7, see text

Larinioides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders commonly known as flying spiders and first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934. [2] They mostly occur in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere. The name is derived from the related araneid spider genus Larinia , with the meaning "like Larinia".

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Species

As of April 2019 it contains seven species: [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Gen. Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-13.
  2. Caporiacco, L. di (1934). "Missione zoologica del Dott. E. Festa in Cirenaica. Aracnidi". Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della Reale Università di Torino. 44: 1–28.