Nearctic States & Provinces: AB MB ON SK CO WI WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
The Nearctic Spider Database, http://www.canadianarachnology.org/data/spiders/16248
Larinia borealis Banks, 1894
FAMILY: ARANEIDAE Simon, 1895
Genus: Larinia Simon, 1874
Species: Larinia borealis Banks, 1894
Common Names
Family Common Name:
orbweavers
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: North America
Nearctic States & Provinces:
AB MB ON SK CO WI WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected:
Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:‡
orb weavers
‡Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280.
Recorded Habitats:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Seasonality of Specimen Records:
Image(s) of Habitus:
(images not yet available)
Details About Males
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of External Male Genitalia:
(image not yet available)
Details About Females
Description:
(not yet recorded or unknown)
Image of Epigynum:
(image not yet available)
Synonyms and Chresonyms†
| Larinia borealis Banks 1894 |
| Larinia borealis McCook 1894 |
| Larinia borealis Kaston 1948 |
| Larinia borealis Archer 1951 |
| Drexelia borealis Grasshoff 1971 |
| Larinia borealis Levi 1975 |
| Larinia borealis Scharff & Coddington 1997 |
| Larinia borealis Dondale et al. 2003 |
Taxonomic References†
Archer, A. F. 1951. Studies in the orbweaving spiders (Argiopidae). 2. Am. Mus. Novit. 1502: 1-34.
Banks, N. 1894. Notes on Larinia and Cercidia. Ent. News 5: 8-9.
Dondale, C. D., J. H. Redner, P. Paquin & H. W. Levi. 2003. The insects and arachnids of Canada. Part 23. The orb-weaving spiders of Canada and Alaska (Araneae: Uloboridae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Theridiosomatidae). NRC Research Press, Ottawa, 371 pp.
Grasshoff, M. 1971. Die Tribus Mangorini, III. Die Gattung Drexelia MacCook (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae-Araneinae). Senckenberg. biol. 52: 81-95.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Levi, H. W. 1975. The American orb-weaver genera Larinia, Cercidia and Mangora north of Mexico (Araneae, Araneidae). Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 147: 101-135.
McCook, H. C. 1894. American spiders and their spinningwork. Philadelphia, 3: 1-285.
Scharff, N. & J. A. Coddington. 1997. A phylogenetic analysis of the orb-weaving spider family Araneidae (Arachnida, Araneae). Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 120: 355-434.
†Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog accessible at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/ARANEIDAE.html
Other Nearctic Members of Genus Larinia Simon, 1874‡‡
L. directa (Hentz, 1847) ...............USA to Brazil
L. famulatoria (Keyserling, 1883) ...............USA, Mexico
‡‡May also include species with Palearctic distribution