Larinioides

Larinioides is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Lodovico di Caporiacco in 1934. They mostly occur in temperate climates around the northern hemisphere. The name is derived from the related araneid spider genus Larinia, with the meaning "like Larinia".

==Species== it contains seven species: Larinioides chabarovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Central Siberia to Far East) Larinioides cornutus (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Israel, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Iran, China, Korea, Japan Larinioides ixobolus (Thorell, 1873) – Western Europe to Central Asia Larinioides jalimovi (Bakhvalov, 1981) – Russia (Far East), Korea Larinioides patagiatus (Clerck, 1757) – North America, Europe, Turkey, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Far East), Central Asia, China, Mongolia, Japan Larinioides sclopetarius (Clerck, 1757) – Europe, Caucasus, Russia (Europe to Central Asia), China, Korea. Introduced to North America Larinioides suspicax (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Europe, North Africa to Central Asia