Larinia chloris ( Audouin, 1826 )

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 : 1-2

Larinia chloris ( Audouin, 1826)

( Figs 3-8 , 10 )

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

Previous records in the Maghreb. LIBYA: Al Kufrah: El Giof ( Caporiacco 1936); Tripoli: Ain Zara ( Simon 1908).

New records. ALGERIA: Ghardaïa: El Menia: Sebkhat El Melah Lake (30.5357°N, 2.9174°E), 373 m a.s.l., 1 ♀, low vegetation 25 m from water, 25. Feb. 2016, Sebkhat El Melah Lake (30.5109°N, 2.9269°E), 370 m a.s.l. 1 ♀, 20 m from water, 25. Feb. 2017; Kef Doukhane River (32.4193°N, 3.8841°E), 410 m a.s.l, 8 ♂♂, 2 ♀♀, on vegetation near the river, 14. Oct. 2017, 5 ♀♀, same habitat, 21. Oct. 2017, 4 ♂♂, 5 ♀♀, same habitat, 20. Nov. 2018 ( CRB, CYA).

Distribution. Southern and Eastern Mediterranean, sub- Saharan Africa, south of the Arabian Peninsula and Indian subcontinent ( World Spider Catalog 2019).

Figures

Figs 3-5: Larinia chloris from Ghardaïa (Algeria): 3. Male, dorsal view; 4. Female,dorsal view; 5. Idem, ventral view. Scale line = 2 mm

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