Titanoecidae
| Titanoecidae | |
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| female Pandava laminata | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
| Diversity | |
| 5 genera, 67 species | |
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| blue: reported countries (WSC) green: observation hotspots (iNaturalist) | |
Titanoecidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.[2] It is fairly widespread in the New World and Eurasia with five genera and more than 50 species worldwide.
These are mostly dark-colored builders of "woolly" (cribellate) silk webs. Several species are found at relatively high altitudes in mountain ranges and may be very common in such habitats.
Genera
[edit]As of January 2026[update], this family includes five genera and 67 species:[1]
- Anuvinda Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Laos, Thailand, India, Nepal
- Goeldia Keyserling, 1891 – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, South America. Introduced to United States
- Nurscia Simon, 1874 – Iran, Turkey, Russia, Portugal, Spain, France, North Africa, Asia. Introduced to Britain
- Pandava Lehtinen, 1967 – Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Asia, French Polynesia
- Titanoeca Thorell, 1870 – Algeria, Asia, Europe, North America
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Family Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-18.
- ^ Lehtinen, P. T. (1967). "Classification of the cribellate spiders and some allied families, with notes on the evolution of the suborder Araneomorpha". Annales Zoologici Fennici. 4: 199–468.
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