Larinia lineata ( Lucas, 1846 )

Alioua, Youcef, Bosmans, Robert, Kherbouche, Ourida & Bissati, Samia, 2020, Distribution of the genus Larinia in the Maghreb, with the first record of Larinia chloris in Algeria (Araneae: Araneidae), Arachnology Letters 59, pp. 1-4 : 2

Larinia lineata ( Lucas, 1846)

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Taxonomic references are cited in the World Spider Catalog (2019).

Previous records in the Maghreb. ALGERIA: Alger: Basse Mitidja ( Simon 1899). Sétif: Sétif (type locality; Lucas, 1846).

Without precise locality ( Simon 1929). Without precise locality ( Grasshoff 1970).

MOROCCO: Without precise locality ( Simon 1929). Essaouira: Essaouira (as Mogador; Simon 1909). Rabat-Salé- Kénitra: Kénitra ( Jocqué 1977).

TUNISIA: Medjerda River (as Magerdah; Pavesi 1880).

New records. ALGERIA: Alger: Bab Ezzouar University Campus (36.7106°N, 3.17841°E), 14 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, among stones, 1. Dec. 1986, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Bejaia: Tichy (36.6667°N, 5.1667°E), 5 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, on herbs in dunes, 21. May 1988, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Biskra: Baniane (34.9833°N, 6.0499°E), Gorges de l’Oued El Abiodh , 350 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, on herbs along the river, 3. Nov. 1987, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB). El Bayad: Les Arbaouats (33.0883°N, 0.5781°E), 900 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, on Phragmites around a small pool, 20. Jan. 1988, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Guelma: Hammam Meskoutine (36.4599°N, 7.2708°E), 410 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, on grasses, 28. Feb. 1990, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . M’sila: Bou Saada (35.2142°N, 4.1825°E), 560 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, in irrigated garden of hotel, 21. May 1987, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Saida: Merdja Maison Forestière (36.1333°N, 3.3167°E), 750 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, on herbs along small rivulet in mixed Fraxinus , Platanus and Populus forest, 4. May 1984, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Tlemcen: Col d’Hafir, Oued Tafna (35.2972°N, 1.4683°W), 900 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, sweeping in irrigated orchard, 5. May 1984, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) .

MOROCCO: Marrakech-Safi : Chichaoua (31.5272°N, 8.7628°W), 371 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, 8. Jul. 1999, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB).

TUNISIA: Beja: Oued Zerga (36.6833°N, 9.4166°E), 300 m a.s.l., 1 ♂, on herbs in Olea orchard, 12. Sep. 1985, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB) . Kairouan: Haffouz E. (35.6667°N, 9.6667°E), 387 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, 27. Jan. 2003, R. Bosmans leg. ( CRB).

Distribution. Western Mediterranean ( Morocco to Tunisia, Portugal, Spain, France) ( World Spider Catalog 2019). In the Maghreb, the species appears to be common in the northern parts.

Figures

Figs 6-9: Male palps of Larinia species.6-8. Larinia chloris from Ghardaïa (Algeria):6. retrolateral view; 7. ventral view; 8. prolateral view; 9. Larinia lineata from France (Gaymard & Lecigne 2018, Oger 2019), prolateral view. Arrows show the differences in the median apophyses between males of both species. Scale line = 0.5 mm

Figs 10-11: Ventral views of epigynes. 10. Larinia chloris, from Ghardaïa; 11. Larinia lineata, from France (scape broken off) (Gaymard & Lecigne 2018, Oger 2019).Scale line = 0.2 mm