Titanoecidae

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

Main article: List of Titanoecidae species

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

• List of Titanoecidae species
• Titanoecoidea

References

1. "Family Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2 . Retrieved 2026-01-18.
2. 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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Titanoecidae at iNaturalist

• Arachnology Home Pages: Araneae

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