''Larinioides'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
orb-weaver spiders commonly known as ''flying spiders'' and first described by
Lodovico di Caporiacco
Ludovico di Caporiacco (22 January 1900, in Udine – 18 July 1951, in Parma) was an Italian arachnologist.
Caporiacco took part in an expedition to the Jebel Uweinat, a mountain massif in the boundary region of Sudan, Libya, and Egypt. On the ...
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
it contains seven species:
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Larinioides chabarovi''
(Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Central Siberia to Far East)
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Larinioides cornutus''
( Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan
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Larinioides ixobolus''
( Thorell, 1873) – Western Europe to Central Asia
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Larinioides jalimovi''
(Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Far East), Korea
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Larinioides patagiatus
''Larinioides'' is a genus of Araneidae, 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 fr ...
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(Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan
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Larinioides sclopetarius''
(Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), China, Korea. Introduced to North America
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Larinioides suspicax''
(O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Europe, North Africa to Central Asia
References
External links
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Araneidae
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Africa
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