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 | |
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Pandava laminata, female | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967[1] |
Diversity | |
5 genera, 78 species | |
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Egypt omitted from the map |
Genera
editAs of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Family: Titanoecidae Lehtinen, 1967". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
- ^ 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
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