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Larinioides

Larinioides
Larinioides cornutus 2006-07-05.jpg
L. cornutus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Suborder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Larinioides
Caporiacco, 1934
Type species
Epeira suspicax
O. P-Cambridge, 1876
Species

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Diversity
7 species

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Larinioides is a genus of orb-weaving spiders that mostly occurs in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere.

The name of the genus is derived from the related araneid spider genus Larinia, with the meaning "like Larinia".


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