Titanoecidae

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.

Titanoecidae
Pandava laminata, female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967[1]
Diversity
5 genera, 67 species
Egypt omitted from the map

Genera

Main article: List of Titanoecidae species

As of November 2024^[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^[1]

• 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