Mikhailov K.G. 2013. Larinioides folium (Schrank, 1803) is a valid species name (Aranei: Araneidae) // Arthropoda Selecta. Vol.22. No.3: 265–266 [in English].

Zoological Museum MGU, Bolshaya Nikitskaya Str. 6, Moscow 125009 Russia. E-mail: mikhailov2000@gmail.com

KEY WORDS: spiders, Araneidae, Araneus, Larinioides, nomenclature.

ABSTRACT. The validity of the spider name Aranea folium Schrank, 1803, now Larinioides folium, is confirmed. Epeira suspicax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876 is considered a junior synonym of Larinioides folium.

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