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

Larinia melanosticta Thorell, 1891

SPECIES | NOMEN DUBIUM

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057810

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Described: j

Distribution: India (Nicobar Is.)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Swedish Museum of Natural History (Naturhistoriska riksmuseet), Stockholm (NHRS), Sweden j - (Grasshoff, 1970b)

Taxonomic References

Larinia melanosticta Thorell, 1891: 47 (Dj) Original description

Larinopa melanosticta Grasshoff, 1970b: 217, 234 (T from Larinia, nomen dubium)

References

Grasshoff, M. (1970b). Die Tribus Mangorini. I. Die Gattungen Eustala, Larinia s. str., Larinopa n. gen. (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 51(3/4): 209-234. -- Show included taxa

Thorell, T. (1891). Spindlar från Nikobarerna och andra delar af södra Asien. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingar 24(2): 1-149. -- Show included taxa

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-01-06	Species transferred to new genus	Tanikawa, Into & Petcharad, 2025b		Species transferred from Lipocrea Thorell, 1878 to Larinia Simon, 1874

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