''Larinioides'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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: *'' Larinioides chabarovi'' (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Central Siberia to Far East) *'' Larinioides cornutus'' ( Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan *'' Larinioides ixobolus'' ( Thorell, 1873) – Western Europe to Central Asia *'' Larinioides jalimovi'' (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Far East), Korea *'' Larinioides patagiatus'' (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan *'' Larinioides sclopetarius'' (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), China, Korea. Introduced to North America *'' Larinioides suspicax'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Europe, North Africa to Central Asia

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* Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Africa {{Araneidae-stub