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Larinia - male
Copyright © 2008 John R. Maxwell

Larinia - Male
Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
June 12, 2008
Size: Maybe around 5.5 mm?
All my research to date has Larinia directa in the southwest, but it is my best match so far. I think I can make out male palps.

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Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 29 July, 2008 - 11:18pm
Last updated 30 July, 2008 - 7:46pm

Certainly looks like Larinia
though it doesn't have the spotted pattern of the one in Howell and Jenkins, page 167. Kansas School Naturalist lists two species. We don't know how to tell them apart.
… john and jane balaban, 30 July, 2008 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
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www.canadianarachnology.org lists 3 species, but no descriptions. I'm guessing Larinia borealis Banks, 1894
Matches the image of Larinia directa in Spiders & Their Kin well, even the pose, but seems out of the range.
… John R. Maxwell, 30 July, 2008 - 7:43pm login or register to post comments

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