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Titanoecid spider

Titanoecid spiders
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Class:Arachnida
Order: Araneae
SuborderAraneomorphae
FamilyTitanoecidae
Genera
five known

The titanoecid spiders (family Titanoecidae) include only five genera and a little over 45 species worldwide. The family is fairly widespread in the New World and Eurasia. Once part of the family Amaurobiidae, these are mostly dark-colored builders of wooly (cribellate) silk webs. The main genus is Titanoeca. Several species are found at relatively high altitudes in mountain ranges and may be very common in such habitats.

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