Larinia lineata (Lucas, 1846)
Description
Male
Palp: Patella dorsally with two apical bristles. High tegulum appendage separated from conductor. Stipes apopysis lancet-like.
Female
Palp: Patella dorsally with two apical bristles. Epigyne: Varying. Wider than long. Scape long, strongly sclerotized, with narrow base, which is often broken off.
Prosoma length: 2.0 mm, prosoma width: 1.4 mm.
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp
(Simon 1929)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Alioua et al. 2020)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Morano et al. 2021)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Barrientos et al. 1983)
Epigyne
(Gaymard & Lecigne 2018)
Epigyne
(Lecigne et al. 2025)
Vulva
(Barrientos et al. 1983)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Simon 1929)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Barrientos et al. 1983)
Distribution List
References
Alioua Y, Bosmans R, Kherbouche O, Bissati S (2020) Distribution of the genus Larinia in the Maghreb, with the first record of Larinia chloris in Algeria (Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnologische Mitteilungen 59: 1-4 
Barrientos J A, Morano E, Ferrández M A (1983) La colección de araneidos del Departamento de Zoología de la Universidad de Salamanca, IV: familias Argiopidae, Tetragnathidae, Zodariidae, y Urocteidae. Boletín de la Asociación Española de Entomología 7: 283-295
Benhacene R, Adjami A, Hadjeb A, Kermiche K, Ouakid M L (2023) Bibliographic checklist of the Algerian spider fauna (Araneae). Zootaxa 5352: 301-357
Benhalima S, Bosmans R (2024) First historical checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from Morocco, between 1840–2024. Zootaxa 5555: 407-535
Branco V V, Morano E, Cardoso P (2019) An update to the Iberian spider checklist (Araneae). Zootaxa 4614: 201-254
Dentici A, Barbera A, Ditta A, Surdo S (2022) On some new reports on the spider fauna of Italy and Sicily (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 13: 399-408
Gaymard M, Lecigne S (2018) Contribution à la connaissance de l'aranéofaune (Araneae) du Gard et en particulier du massif des Gorges du Gardon (Occitanie, France). Bulletin de l'Association Française d'Arachnologie 1: 1-39
Kmira G, Nasri-Ammar, Petillon J, Bosmans R (2025) Catalog of the spiders of Tunisia (Arachnida: Araneae). Zootaxa 5641: 1-95
Le Peru B (2007) Catalogue et répartition des araignées de France. Revue Arachnologique 16: 1-468
Lecigne S, Moutaouakil S, Lips J (2025) Contribution to the knowledge of the spider fauna of Morocco (Arachnida: Araneae) – second note. On new species and new records from caves and miscellaneous terrestrial ecosystems. Journal of the Belgian Arachnological Society 40(1, supplement): 1-184
Morano E, Canelo T, Gaytán Á, Pérez-Izquierdo C, Bonal R (2021) Arañas (Arachnida: Araneae) en encinares centro-occidentales de la Península Ibérica. Revista Ibérica de Aracnología 39: 81-103
Simon E (1929) Les arachnides de France 6 (3). Paris (Roret): 533-772
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2
Updates
| 04-07-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
| 10-05-2025 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 01-07-2022 | Distribution insert | Detail |
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| 28-04-2020 | Distribution update | Detail |
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| 13-06-2016 | Datasheet update | Detail |
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