Titanoecidae Explained

Titanoecidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967.^[1] 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

See main article: List of Titanoecidae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[2]

• Anuvinda Lehtinen, 1967 – Asia
• Goeldia Keyserling, 1891 – South America, Mexico
• Nurscia Simon, 1874 – Asia, Europe
• Pandava Lehtinen, 1967 – Asia, Africa, Papua New Guinea
• Titanoeca Thorell, 1870 – Asia, North America, Europe, Ecuador, Algeria

See also

• List of Titanoecidae species
• Titanoecoidea

External links

• Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae

Notes and References

1. 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.
2. Web site: Family: Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-26. Natural History Museum Bern.