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Genus: Larinia Simon, 1874 | Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Larinia obtusa (Grasshoff, 1971)

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LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016271

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Described:

Distribution: DR Congo

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Paratype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany 1f (23989) - (Grasshoff, 1971a)
Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium f (84229) - (Grasshoff, 1971a)

Taxonomic References

Drexelia obtusa Grasshoff, 1971a: 87, f. 37a-e (Df) Original description

Larinia obtusa Harrod, Levi & Leibensperger, 1991: 243 (T from Drexelia, by S of the genus)

References

Grasshoff, M. (1971a). Die Tribus Mangorini, III. Die Gattung Drexelia MacCook (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 52: 81-95. -- Show included taxa

Harrod, J. C., Levi, H. W. & Leibensperger, L. B. (1991). The Neotropical orbweavers of the genus Larinia (Araneae: Araneidae). Psyche, Cambridge 97(3-4, 1990): 241-265. doi: 10.1155/1990/25941 -- Show included taxa

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