Larinia

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = | image = Larinia chloris 305704897 551225998.jpg | image_caption = ''L. chloris'' | image2 = Larinia.phthisica.female.-.tanikawa.jpg | image2_caption = female ''Larinia phthisica'' from Okinawa | taxon = Larinia | authority = Simon, 1874<ref name=wsc /> | type_species = ''L. lineata'' | type_species_authority = (Lucas, 1846) | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 69, see text | synonyms = | synonyms_ref = <ref name=wsc /> }}

'''''Larinia''''' is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874.<ref name=Simo1874 />

==Life style== The spiders have straw-coloured bodies. This is a typical grassland species, resembling grass in shape and colour. They construct loosely woven webs in grass. They are not easily seen and usually sampled with a sweep net. When at rest they stretch their body and legs along a blade of grass.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />

==Description== {{see also|Glossary of spider terms}} ''L. jeskovi''|thumb|center|420px

Spiders in genus ''Larinia'' are medium-sized araneids with a narrow, elongated body. The carapace is longer than it is wide with a short, grooved longitudinal fovea. The anterior median eyes are largest, the median ocular quadrangle is appreciably wider in front than behind. The chelicerae have 3-4 promarginal and retromarginal teeth. The abdomen is distinctly longer than wide.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />

The epigynum of the female bears a slender scape with rigid attachment at base. The scape frequently breaks off. Legs are I longest, legs III shortest. They can be confused with ''Kilima decens'' but here the median lines with slight curves.<ref name="dippenaar2022" />

==Species== <gallery mode=packed heights=140px> Larinia borealis 375526475.jpg|''L. borealis'' Orbweaver - Larinia directa, Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area, Aden, Virginia.jpg|''L. directa'' Larinia t-notata 169098383.jpg|''L. t-notata'' </gallery>

==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes 69 species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''Larinia acuticauda'' Simon, 1906 – West Africa to Israel * ''Larinia ambo'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Ecuador, Peru * ''Larinia argiopiformis'' Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Russia (Far East), China, Korea, Japan * ''Larinia assimilis'' Tullgren, 1910 – DR Congo, Tanzania * ''Larinia astrigera'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia bharatae'' Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – India * ''Larinia bifida'' Tullgren, 1910 – Central African Rep. DR Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, Seychelles * ''Larinia bivittata'' Keyserling, 1885 – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, Chile * ''Larinia blandula'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Guinea/Ivory Coast, Togo, Cameroon * ''Larinia bonneti'' Spassky, 1939 – France, Central Europe, Hungary, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan * ''Larinia borealis'' Banks, 1894 – North America * ''Larinia bossae'' Marusik, 1987 – Russia (South Siberia to Far East) * ''Larinia chloris'' (Audouin, 1826) – Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, North and East Africa to Israel, Iraq, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. Introduced to Mozambique, South Africa * ''Larinia cyclera'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia dasia'' (Roberts, 1983) – Seychelles (Aldabra), Madagascar * ''Larinia delicata'' Rainbow, 1920 – Australia (Lord Howe Is.) * ''Larinia diluta'' (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar to Indonesia * ''Larinia dinanea'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia directa'' (Hentz, 1847) – USA to Brazil * ''Larinia dubia'' Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – Brazil * ''Larinia elegans'' Spassky, 1939 – Austria to China * ''Larinia emertoni'' Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 – India * ''Larinia epeiroides'' (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) – Spain, Italy (Sardinia, Sicily), Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, India * ''Larinia famulatoria'' (Keyserling, 1883) – United States, Mexico * ''Larinia fangxiangensis'' Zhu, Lian & Chen, 2006 – China * ''Larinia foko'' Escobar-Toledo & Pett, 2024 – Madagascar * ''Larinia fusiformis'' (Thorell, 1877) – India to Japan, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi) * ''Larinia guiyang'' (J. Zhang, Yu & Mi, 2025) – China * ''Larinia jamberoo'' Framenau & Scharff, 2008 – Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia) * ''Larinia jaysankari'' Biswas, 1984 – India * ''Larinia jeskovi'' Marusik, 1987 – France, Hungary, Poland, Belarus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Japan * ''Larinia joei'' Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2021 – Thailand * ''Larinia kampala'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Uganda * ''Larinia kanpurae'' Patel & Nigam, 1994 – India * ''Larinia lampa'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Peru, Bolivia * ''Larinia lineata'' (Lucas, 1846) – Western Mediterranean * ''Larinia liuae'' Yin & Bao, 2012 – China * ''Larinia longissima'' (Simon, 1881) – Central, East, Southern Africa * ''Larinia macrohooda'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia madhuchhandae'' Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2012 – Bangladesh * ''Larinia mandlaensis'' Gajbe, 2005 – India * ''Larinia mariaranoensis'' Escobar-Toledo & Pett, 2024 – Madagascar * ''Larinia microhooda'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia minor'' (Bryant, 1945) – Haiti * ''Larinia montagui'' Hogg, 1914 – Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is., Norfolk Is.) * ''Larinia montecarlo'' (Levi, 1988) – Brazil, Argentina * ''Larinia natalensis'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – South Africa * ''Larinia neblina'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Venezuela * ''Larinia nolabelia'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China, Thailand * ''Larinia obtusa'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – DR Congo * ''Larinia onoi'' Tanikawa, 1989 – Japan * ''Larinia parangmata'' Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines * ''Larinia phosop'' Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2023 – Thailand * ''Larinia phthisica'' (L. Koch, 1871) – India to Bangladesh and Vietnam, Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to Greece (Crete) * ''Larinia pubiventris'' Simon, 1889 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan * ''Larinia robusta'' Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – Brazil * ''Larinia sekiguchii'' Tanikawa, 1989 – Russia (Far East), China, Japan * ''Larinia sexta'' Framenau & Castanheira, 2022 – Australia (Western Australia) * ''Larinia strandi'' Caporiacco, 1941 – Ethiopia * ''Larinia t-notata'' (Tullgren, 1905) – Brazil, Argentina * ''Larinia tabida'' (L. Koch, 1872) – Indonesia, (Sulawesi), New Caledonia * ''Larinia tamatave'' (Grasshoff, 1971) – Madagascar * ''Larinia teiraensis'' B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2007 – India * ''Larinia trifida'' Tullgren, 1910 – DR Congo, Kenya, Tanzania * ''Larinia triprovina'' Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China * ''Larinia tucuman'' Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Brazil, Argentina * ''Larinia tumulus'' Framenau & Castanheira, 2022 – Australia (Western Australia: Barrow Is.) * ''Larinia tyloridia'' Patel, 1975 – India * ''Larinia wenshanensis'' Yin & Yan, 1994 – China {{Div col end}}

Genera ''Lariniaria'' and ''Lipocrea'' were synonymized with this genus in 2025.<ref name="tanikawa2025" />

== References == {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:00518 | title=Gen. Simon, 1874 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-26}}</ref> <ref name="dippenaar2022">{{cite book | last1=Dippenaar-Schoeman | first1=A.S. | last2=Haddad | first2=C.R. | last3=Foord | first3=S.H. | last4=Lotz | first4=L.N. | last5=Webb | first5=P. | year=2022 | title=The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 2 (E-Ne) | publisher=South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide | pages=39 | doi=10.5281/zenodo.6619195}}{{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4}}</ref> <ref name=Simo1874>{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E.| year=1874| title=Les arachnides de France}}</ref> <ref name="tanikawa2025">{{cite journal | last1=Tanikawa | first1=A. | last2=Into | first2=T. | last3=Petcharad | first3=B. | year=2025 | title=On the synonymization of Lipocrea and Lariniaria with Larinia (Araneae: Araneidae) using molecular systematics | journal=Acta Arachnologica | volume=74 | pages=85-89 | doi=10.2476/asjaa.74.85| doi-access=free }}</ref> }}

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Category:Araneidae Category:Araneidae genera Category:Cosmopolitan spiders Category:Taxa named by Eugène Simon