''Larinia'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of orb-weaver spiders first described by

Eugène Simon Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...

in 1874.

Species

it contains fifty-eight species: *'' L. acuticauda'' Simon, 1906 – West Africa to Israel *'' L. ambo'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru *'' L. assimilis'' Tullgren, 1910 – East Africa *'' L. astrigera'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. bharatae'' Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India *'' L. bifida'' Tullgren, 1910 – Central, East, Southern Africa, Seychelles *'' L. bivittata'' Keyserling, 1885 – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile *'' L. blandula'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – West Africa *'' L. bonneti'' Spassky, 1939 – France, Central Europe, Hungary, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan *'' L. borealis'' Banks, 1894 – North America *'' L. bossae'' Marusik, 1987 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East) *'' L. chloris'' ( Audouin, 1826) – North and East Africa to Israel, Turkey, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh *'' L. cyclera'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. dasia'' (Roberts, 1983) – Seychelles (Aldabra) *'' L. delicata'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *'' L. dinanea'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. directa'' ( Hentz, 1847) – USA to Brazil *'' L. dubia'' Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – Brazil *'' L. duchengcaii'' Barrion, Barrion-Dupo & Heong, 2013 – China *'' L. elegans'' Spassky, 1939 – Austria to China *'' L. emertoni'' Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 – India *'' L. famulatoria'' (Keyserling, 1883) – USA, Mexico *'' L. fangxiangensis'' Zhu, Lian & Chen, 2006 – China *'' L. jamberoo'' Framenau & Scharff, 2008 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia) *'' L. jaysankari'' Biswas, 1984 – India *'' L. jeskovi'' Marusik, 1987 – Eastern Central Europe to Japan *'' L. kampala'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Uganda *'' L. kanpurae'' Patel & Nigam, 1994 – India *'' L. lampa'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Peru, Bolivia *'' L. lineata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Western Mediterranean *'' L. liuae'' Yin & Bao, 2012 – China *'' L. macrohooda'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. madhuchhandae'' Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2012 – Bangladesh *'' L. mandlaensis'' Gajbe, 2005 – India *'' L. microhooda'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. minor'' (Bryant, 1945) – Hispaniola *'' L. montagui'' Hogg, 1914 – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.) *'' L. montecarlo'' (Levi, 1988) – Brazil, Argentina *'' L. natalensis'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – South Africa *'' L. neblina'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Venezuela *'' L. nolabelia'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. obtusa'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Congo *'' L. onoi'' Tanikawa, 1989 – Japan *'' L. parangmata'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines *'' L. phthisica'' (

L. Koch Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...

, 1871) – India to Bangladesh and Vietnam, Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to Greece (Crete) *'' L. pubiventris'' Simon, 1889 – Central Asia *'' L. robusta'' Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – Brazil *'' L. sekiguchii'' Tanikawa, 1989 – Russia (Far East), China, Japan *'' L. strandi'' Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia *'' L. t-notata'' (Tullgren, 1905) – Brazil, Argentina *'' L. tabida'' (L. Koch, 1872) – Indonesia (Sulawesi) to Australia, New Caledonia *'' L. tamatave'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Madagascar *'' L. teiraensis'' Biswas & Biswas, 2007 – India *'' L. trifida'' Tullgren, 1910 – Central, East Africa *'' L. triprovina'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China *'' L. tucuman'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina *'' L. tyloridia'' Patel, 1975 – India *'' L. wenshanensis'' Yin & Yan, 1994 – China

References

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