Larinia bonneti Spassky, 1939
Description
Male
Prosoma coloured as in female but darker. Opisthosoma coloured as in female. Chelicerae with 3 promarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth.
prosoma length: 1.4-1.6 mm, prosoma width: 1.2-1.3 mm.
Body length male: 3.73 mmFemale
Prosoma uniform yellow, some specimens with a white spot in the middle of prosoma. Opisthosoma yellow, some specimens with a light medial longitudinal band bordered by dark bands. Chelicerae with 4 promarginal and 3 teromarginal teeth. Legs coloured as prosoma, uniform yellow. Epigyne poorly sclerotized.
prosoma length: 1.4-2.0 mm, prosoma width: 1.2-1.6 mm.
Body length female: 4.36-6.07 mmAdditional information
N.B. The illustrations of the male palps are mixed-up in Marusik (1986): figures 3.3-4 show L. bonneti; f. 2.3-4 show L. elegans.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp
(Marusik 1986)
Pedipalp
(Tanikawa 2009)
Embolic division
(Marusik 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne
(Marusik 1986)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Marusik 1986)
Epigyne
(Tanikawa 2009)
Distribution List
"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.
References
Marusik Y M A (1986) A redescription of types of certain orb-weaving spiders (Araneidae, Tetragnathidae) from S. A. Spassky collection. Vestnik Zoologii 6: 19-22 
Murphy J, Villepoux O, Cruveillier M (2008) Larinia bonneti Spassky, 1939 in France. Revue Arachnologique 17: 45-58
Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.
Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp.
Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html
Szinetár C, Eichardt J (2004) Larinia species (Araneidae, Araneae) in Hungary. Morphology, phenology and habitats of Larinia jeskovi Marusik, 1986, Larinia elegans Spassky, 1939, and Larinia bonneti Spassky, 1939. In: Samu F, Szinetár C (eds.) European Arachnology 2002. Plant Protection Institute & Berzsenyi College Budapest, pp. 179-186.
Tanikawa A (2009) Hersiliidae. Nephilidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae. In Ono, H. (ed.), The Spiders of Japan with keys to the families and genera and illustrations of the species. Tokai Univ. Press, Kanagawa, pp. 149, 403-463
Thaler K, Knoflach B (2003) Zur Faunistik der Spinnen (Araneae) von Österreich: Orbiculariae p.p. (Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, Theridiosomatidae, Uloboridae). Linzer Biologische Beiträge 35: 613-655
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Wunderlich J (2011a) Extant and fossil spiders (Araneae). Heutige und fossile Spinnen. Beiträge zur Araneologie 6: 1-640
Zarikian N A, Kosyan A, Marusik Y M (2023b) New records of spiders (Arachnida: Aranei) from Armenia. 1. Ten genera and 20 species of the families Araneidae, Theridiidae and Thomisidae. Euroasian Entomological Journal 22: 141-149