Larinia epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872)
Description
Male
Pedipalpus with spoon-shaped median apophysis with slender anterior process. Prosoma length: 2.5-2.8 mm, prosoma width: 1.8-1.9 mm.
Body length male: 6.0-7.2 mmFemale
Epigyne with large and strongly sclerotised scapus. Prosoma length: 2.5-3.2 mm, prosoma width: 1.5-1.9 mm.
Body length female: 7.0-8.9 mmDistribution
Phenology
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Figures
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levy 1986)
Pedipalp, prolateral-ventral view
(Levy 1986)
Pedipalp, retrolateral-ventral view
(Levy 1986)
Pedipalp, apical view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Rehfeldt & Cassar 2024)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Méndez et al. 2024)
Epigyne
(Wunderlich 2011a)
Epigyne, anterior view
(Levy 1986)
Epigyne, ventral view
(Levy 1986)
Epigyne, lateral view
(Levy 1986)
Epigyne, posterior view
(Levy 1986)
Epigyne, postero-ventral view
(Levy 1986)
Epigyne
(Méndez et al. 2024)
Prosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1986)
Prosoma, frontal view
(Levy 1986)
Opisthosoma, dorsal view
(Levy 1986)
Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Levy 1986)
Distribution List
References
Bosmans R, Colombo M (2015) New species of spiders from Sardinia (Araneae), with ecological notes on Lipocrea epeiroides (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) (Araneae: Araneidae). Arachnology 16: 319-332 
Bosmans R, Van Keer J, Russell-Smith A, Hadjiconstantis M, Komnenov M, Bosselaers J, Huber S, McCowan D, Snazell R, Decae A, Zoumides C, Kielhorn K-H, Oger P (2019c) Spiders of Cyprus (Araneae). A catalogue of all currently known species from Cyprus. Newsletter of the Belgian Arachnological Society 34, Suppl. 1: 1-173
Chatzaki M (unpupl.) .
Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info
Dentici A (2017) Contribution to the knowledge of Sicilian spider fauna (Arachnida Araneae). Biodiversity Journal 8: 861-864
Isaia M, Tolve M, Pantini P (2025) Araneae.it: 2.0: the new updated version of the digital catalog of the Italian spiders and other arachnids (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Pseudoscorpiones, Palpigradi, Solifugae). Fragmenta Entomologica 57: 197-204
Levy G (1986) Spiders of the genera Siwa, Larinia, Lipocrea and Drexelia (Araneae: Araneidae) from Israel. Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society 7: 1-10
Méndez Ó, Marquerie M, Domènech M (2024) Nuevos registros aracnológicos (Araneae) en Cataluña aportan nuevas citas a nivel regional, nacional y peninsular. Arxius de Miscel·lània Zoològica 22: 79-94
Rehfeldt S, Cassar T (2024) A contribution to the arachnofauna (Arachnida: Araneae, Opiliones) of the Maltese Islands, with two new records for Europe. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 67: 18-47
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
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