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Images and Species Descriptions
Text and photographs © 2010 Jørgen Lissner
Spiders of Europe and Greenland
Family: Titanoecidae (Rock Weavers)
This family is represented in Europe with 16 species in 3 genera (van Helsdingen, 2009; Platnick, 2009). European genera (number of species in parenthesis): Nurscia (3), Pandava (1), Titanoeca (12).
Genus: Nurscia Simon, 1874
There are 3 European species (van Helsdingen, 2009; Platnick, 2009): Nurscia albomaculata, N. albosignata, N. sequerai.
Nurscia albomaculata (Lucas, 1846)
Range: Bulgaria, France (Corsica), France (Mainland), Germany, Greece (Crete), Greece (Dodecanese Islands), Greece (Mainland), Italy (Mainland), Italy (Sardinia), Macedonia, Malta, Portugal (Mainland), Romania, Russia (Southern European), Spain (Balearic Islands), Spain (Mainland), Ukraine (van Helsdingen 2009.1). Global range: Europe to Central Asia (Platnick 10.0).
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Genus: Titanoeca Thorell, 1870
There are 12 European species (van Helsdingen, 2009; Platnick, 2009): Titanoeca flavicoma, T. hispanica, T. incerta, T. monticola, T. nivalis, T. praefica, T. psammophila, T. quadriguttata, T. schineri, T. tristis, T. ukrainica, T. veteranica.
Titanoeca quadriguttata (Hahn, 1833)
Range: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France (Mainland), Germany, Greece (Mainland), Hungary, Italy (Mainland), Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Moldova, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal (Mainland), Romania, Russia (Eastern European), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain (Mainland), Switzerland, Ukraine (van Helsdingen 2009.1). Global range: Palearctic (Platnick 10.0).
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