Larinia is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1874.
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.
Description
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.
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.
Species
Species , this genus includes 69 species:
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
Genera Lariniaria and Lipocrea were synonymized with this genus in 2025.
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