Lipocrea
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| Lipocrea | |
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| Female L. fusiformis from Okinawa | |
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| Female L. longissima from South Africa | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Lipocrea Thorell, 1878[1] |
| Type species | |
| L. fusiformis (Thorell, 1877) | |
| Species | |
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Lipocrea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1878.[2]
As of January 2026[update], it was synonymized with the genus Larinia.[3]
Female and male spiders measure 7-8 mm in total length. These spiders have straw-coloured bodies and legs. The carapace is elongate pear-shaped but narrower in the eye region with an elongate fovea and a narrow longitudinal band dorsally. The abdomen is straw-coloured frequently with paired black spots, oval and elongate with a narrow tip anteriorly and a slight hump above the spinnerets. Their legs are very long and decorated with spots and setae, same color as body, and bear setae with dark spots at their bases.[4]
