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Larinia phthisica |
Family:
Araneidae
Genus
Lariniaria
Liprocea
fusiformis/Larnia
fusiformis
Female
Location : Taman Semarak 15-8-2009 9mm
Female 9mm
Found in
Semarak,
Malaysia on
15-8-2009.
This female
spider with
half of the
left leg
missing.
Taman
Semarak
market area
is less then
1 km
distance to
Tawau River
(Sungai
Tawau)
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In
this
Genus
Lariniaria
Grasshoff,
1970,
according
to the
record
of
wikipidia,
only
one
species
in the
whole
world.
This
species,
the
Lariniaria
argiopiformis
(Bösenberg
&
Strand,
1906)
, so
far
recorded
in
Russia,
China,
Korea
and
Japan
. But 6 species of this spider genus are reported from Japan. Of these, three species, L. phthisica (L. KOCH, 1871), L. fusiformis (THORELL, 1877) and L. jeskovi MARUSIK, 1986, are newly recorded from this country, and two are new to science and are described under the names, L. sekiguchii and L. onoi. The only species hitherto known from Japan, L. argiopiformis BÖSENBERG et STRAND, 1906 is redescribed. This Lariniaria found in Borneo Island is different in pattern with Lariniaria argiopiformis.
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This female body length 9mm, A normal male is 6-8mm, Body color brown, oval-shaped abdomen slender, Abdomen top has yellow belts (brown longitudinal stripes) Long hairy legs with dots. Species mainly distributed in low-elevation mountain areas, low bushes or open habitats in the river. Active at night. Weaving round net. Hid behind leaves during the day. |
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