Larinia
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
, this genus includes 69 species:Larinia acuticauda Simon, 1906 – West Africa to IsraelLarinia ambo Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Ecuador, PeruLarinia argiopiformis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 – Russia, China, Korea, JapanLarinia assimilis Tullgren, 1910 – DR Congo, TanzaniaLarinia astrigera Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia bharatae Bhandari & Gajbe, 2001 – IndiaLarinia bifida Tullgren, 1910 – Central African Rep. DR Congo, Malawi, Tanzania, Botswana, South Africa, SeychellesLarinia bivittata Keyserling, 1885 – Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, Argentina, ChileLarinia blandula – Guinea/Ivory Coast, Togo, CameroonLarinia bonneti Spassky, 1939 – France, Central Europe, Hungary, Caucasus, Russia, JapanLarinia borealis Banks, 1894 – North AmericaLarinia bossae Marusik, 1987 – Russia Larinia chloris – Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, North and East Africa to Israel, Iraq, Iran, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. Introduced to Mozambique, South AfricaLarinia cyclera Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia dasia – Seychelles, MadagascarLarinia delicata Rainbow, 1920 – Australia Larinia diluta – Myanmar to IndonesiaLarinia dinanea Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia directa – USA to BrazilLarinia dubia Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – BrazilLarinia elegans Spassky, 1939 – Austria to ChinaLarinia emertoni Gajbe & Gajbe, 2004 – IndiaLarinia epeiroides – Spain, Italy, Malta, Cyprus, Turkey, Israel, Yemen, IndiaLarinia famulatoria – United States, MexicoLarinia fangxiangensis Zhu, Lian & Chen, 2006 – ChinaLarinia foko Escobar-Toledo & Pett, 2024 – MadagascarLarinia fusiformis – India to Japan, Philippines, Indonesia Larinia guiyang – ChinaLarinia jamberoo Framenau & Scharff, 2008 – Australia Larinia jaysankari Biswas, 1984 – IndiaLarinia jeskovi Marusik, 1987 – France, Hungary, Poland, Belarus, Russia, JapanLarinia joei Tanikawa & Petcharad, 2021 – ThailandLarinia kampala – UgandaLarinia kanpurae Patel & Nigam, 1994 – IndiaLarinia lampa Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Peru, BoliviaLarinia lineata – Western MediterraneanLarinia liuae Yin & Bao, 2012 – ChinaLarinia longissima – Central, East, Southern AfricaLarinia macrohooda Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia madhuchhandae Biswas & Raychaudhuri, 2012 – BangladeshLarinia mandlaensis Gajbe, 2005 – IndiaLarinia mariaranoensis Escobar-Toledo & Pett, 2024 – MadagascarLarinia microhooda Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia minor – HaitiLarinia montagui Hogg, 1914 – Australia Larinia montecarlo – Brazil, ArgentinaLarinia natalensis – South AfricaLarinia neblina Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – VenezuelaLarinia nolabelia Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – China, ThailandLarinia obtusa – DR CongoLarinia onoi Tanikawa, 1989 – JapanLarinia parangmata Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – PhilippinesLarinia phosop Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2023 – ThailandLarinia phthisica – India to Bangladesh and Vietnam, Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to Greece Larinia pubiventris Simon, 1889 – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, TurkmenistanLarinia robusta Ott & Rodrigues, 2017 – BrazilLarinia sekiguchii Tanikawa, 1989 – Russia, China, JapanLarinia sexta Framenau & Castanheira, 2022 – Australia Larinia strandi Caporiacco, 1941 – EthiopiaLarinia t-notata – Brazil, ArgentinaLarinia tabida – Indonesia,, New CaledoniaLarinia tamatave – MadagascarLarinia teiraensis B. Biswas & K. Biswas, 2007 – IndiaLarinia trifida Tullgren, 1910 – DR Congo, Kenya, TanzaniaLarinia triprovina Yin, Wang, Xie & Peng, 1990 – ChinaLarinia tucuman Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991 – Brazil, ArgentinaLarinia tumulus Framenau & Castanheira, 2022 – Australia Larinia tyloridia Patel, 1975 – IndiaLarinia wenshanensis Yin & Yan, 1994 – ChinaGenera Lariniaria and Lipocrea were synonymized with this genus in 2025.