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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Larinia » Larinia directa

Species Larinia directa

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Identification · Range · See Also
Spider 019 - Larinia directa - male tan spider - Larinia directa - female Argiope? - Larinia directa Spider - Larinia directa Larinia directa - female Orb weaver? - Larinia directa Larinia directa Orb Weaver near Larinia directa - Larinia directa
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)
Class Arachnida (Arachnids)
Order Araneae (Spiders)
Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)
No Taxon (Entelegynae)
Family Araneidae (Orb Weavers)
Genus Larinia
Species directa (Larinia directa)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
See the World Spider Catalog.
Identification
Voucher specimen:


Epigynum
Range
AL, AR, AZ, CA, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, NJ, OH, SC, TN, TX, VA

(Looks like anything tropical or very far south plus anything in the southeast, Arkansas to NC and south is L. directa)
See Also
The pattern on this spider is similar to Neoscona pratensis.
Contributed by tom murray on 8 August, 2005 - 1:37pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, Lynette Elliott, cheins
Last updated 25 January, 2023 - 7:37am

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