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Issue: Vol. 3894 No. 1: 11 Dec. 2014
Type: Article
Published: 2014-11-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3894.1.6
Page range: 61–82
Abstract views: 30
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the Holarctic genus Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934 (Araneae: Araneidae)

The Western Slovakian Museum, Múzejné námestie 3, 91809 Trnava, Slovakia. Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI–20014, Turku, Finland
Zoological Museum, University of Turku, FI–20014, Turku, Finland Institute for Biological Problems of the North of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Portovaya Str. 18, 685000 Magadan, Russia.
Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova, 8, Vladivostok 690950 Russia. Gornotaezhnaya Station FEB RAS, Gornotaezhnoe Vil.,Ussuriyski Dist., Primorski Krai 692533 Russia
Nearctic new combination new synonymy Palaearctic orb-weavers taxonomy

Abstract

Аll known species of Larinioides Caporiacco, 1934 are revised. Seven species are recognised, of which one is transferred from Araneus Clerck, 1757 as a new combination, Larinioides jalimovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) comb. n. The first description of a male of L. jalimovi is given. The following four new synonyms are proposed: Epeira gracilis Menge, 1878 syn. n. and Aranea dumetorum islandicola Strand, 1906 syn. n. = L. patagiatus (Clerck, 1757); Araneus cungei Bakhvalov, 1974, syn. n. = Larinioides folium (Schrank, 1803); and Araneus sclopetarius Clerck, 1757 syn. n. = L. cornutus (Clerck, 1757). Detailed illustrations of habitus, copulatory organs, and identification keys of males and females of all Larinioides species are provided.