''Larinioides'' 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 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 mi ...
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
''Larinioides cornutus'', the furrow spider,Weber, Larry (2003). ''Spiders of the North Woods''. Duluth, MN: Kollath+Stensaas Publ. pp. 88–89. furrow orb spider, or foliate spider is an orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution.
Physica ...
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( 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 patagiatus'' is a species of orb weaver in the family Araneidae. It is found in North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia to Central Asia, China, Mongolia
Mongolia; Mongolian script: , , ; lit. "Mongol Nation" or "Stat ...
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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
''Larinioides sclopetarius'', commonly called bridge-spider or gray cross-spider, is a relatively large orb-weaver spider with Holarctic distribution. These spiders are located in Europe and have been observed as south as the Mediterranean Coast ...
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(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
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Africa
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