Titanoecidae


Titanoecidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Pekka T. Lehtinen in 1967. 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" silk webs. Several species are found at relatively high altitudes in mountain ranges and may be very common in such habitats.

Genera

, this family includes five genera and 67 species:Anuvinda Lehtinen, 1967 – China, Laos, Thailand, India, NepalGoeldia Keyserling, 1891 – Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama, Mexico, South America. Introduced to United StatesNurscia Simon, 1874 – Iran, Turkey, Russia, Portugal, Spain, France, North Africa, Asia. Introduced to BritainPandava Lehtinen, 1967 – Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Asia, French PolynesiaTitanoeca Thorell, 1870 – Algeria, Asia, Europe, North America