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Araneidae  Clerck, 1757 / Larinia  Simon, 1874   7 species

Larinia phthisica  (L. Koch, 1871)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016274

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Description
Male

Resembles L. jeskovi but with smaller prosoma. Coloration as in female. Sternum yellow, with large grey spots on the margins. Opisthosoma sometimes stripes absent. Chelicerae with 3 retromarginal and 4 promarginal teeth. Palp with closely separated processes of the median apophysis and with an apically divided subterminal apophysis. Prosoma length: 1.8-2.1 mm, prosoma width: 1.2-1.3 mm.

Body length male: 4.9-5.1 mm
Female

Prosoma pale yellow, without pigmentation, except a grey stripe between posterior margin of posterior lateral eyes and medial fovea. Sternum lighter than prosoma, with 5 scarcely marked longitudinal stripes. Chelicerae with 3 romarginal and 3 retromarginal teeth. Epigyne with a narrow and long scape. Prosoma length: 2.9-3.4 mm, prosoma width: 2.0-2.1 mm.

Body length female: 9.0-9.8 mm
Additional information

This species of Asian origin is not native to Europe (alien species). It had been introduced to Europe at least once and did establish.

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2022): India to Bangladesh and Vietnam, Usbekistan, Turkmenistan, China, Japan, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia. Introduced to Greece (Crete)
Figures
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male Pedipalp, lateral view
(Song et al. 1999)

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male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)

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male Pedipalp
(Marusik 1987b)

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male Pedipalp in detail
(Marusik 1987b)

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male Pedipalp
(Tanikawa 2009)

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male Pedipalp
(Tanikawa 2009)

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male Tip of embolus
(Marusik 1987b)

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female Epigyne/vulva, posterior view
(Song et al. 1999)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Song et al. 1999)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Marusik 1987b)

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female Epigyne, posterior view
(Marusik 1987b)

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female Epigyne
(Tanikawa 2009)

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female Epigyne (scapus removed)
(Tanikawa 2009)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Song et al. 1999)

Distribution List
Greece / Crete   (no references) |||
References

Marusik Y M. (1987b) The orb-weaver genus Larinia Simon in the USSR (Aranei, Araneidae). Spixiana 9: 245-254 pdf

Song D X, Zhu M S, Chen J (1999) The spiders of China. Hebei Science and Technology Publishing House, Shijiazhuang, 640 pp. pdf

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 pdf

WSC (2022) World Spider Catalog. Version 23.0. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (21.01.2022) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
13-06-2016 Datasheet update Detail
09-03-2016 Image insert
05-08-2014 Image insert
05-08-2014 Distribution update Detail