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Genus of spiders

Larinioides
L. cornutus
L. patagiatus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Larinioides
Caporiacco, 1934
Type species
L. suspicax
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876)
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. 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".

Species

As of April 2019 it contains seven species:

References

  1. ^ "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.

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Taxon identifiers
Larinioides
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