Titanoecidae  Lehtinen, 1967 / Titanoeca  Thorell, 1870   17 species

Titanoeca spominima (Taczanowski, 1866)

Description
Male

Tibial apophysis with U-shaped process and short thorn.

Prosoma orange-brown. Sternum grey, darkened. Legs brown, grey darkened dorsally. Opisthosoma dark grey to black.

Body length male: 2.9-4.6 mm
Female

Epigyne with slanting copulatory openings, sometimes appearing triangular. Posterior margin of epigyne not grooved. 

Body length female: 2.9-4.6 mm
Additional information

On sandy ground with scarce vegetation

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Sweden, Finland, Central Europe, Serbia, Albania, Ukraine, Russia (Europe)
Phenology
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Distribution List
Albania   (Vrenozi, unpubl.; Blick, 2018) ||| Austria   (Milasowszky et al., 2015) ||| Czechia   (Růžička & Řezáč, 2022a) ||| Finland   (Koponen et al., 2016) ||| Germany   (Blick et al., 2016) ||| Hungary   (Gallé & Fehér, 2006) ||| Poland   (Rozwałka & Stanska, 2008) ||| Russia, Central   (Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Russia, Southern   (Otto, 2022; Ponomarev & Khnykin, 2013; Ponomarev, 2022) ||| Serbia   (Grbić et al., 2021) ||| Slovakia   (Prídavka, 2002) ||| Sweden   (Kronestedt, 2001) ||| Ukraine   (Polchaninova & Prokopenko, 2019) |||
References

Almquist S (2007) Swedish Araneae, part 2 – families Dictynidae to Salticidae. Insect Systematics & Evolution, Supplement 63(2006): 285-601 pdf

Blick T (2018) A small collection of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) from the River Vjosa, Albania – with an updated spider checklist of Albania. Acta ZooBot Austria 155: 213-232 pdf

Blick T, Finch O-D, Harms K H, Kiechle J, Kielhorn K-H , Kreuels M, Malten A, Martin D, Muster C, Nährig D, Platen R, Rödel I, Scheidler M, Staudt A, Stumpf H, Tolke D (2016) Rote Liste und Gesamtartenliste der Spinnen (Arachnida: Araneae) Deutschlands. 3. Fassung, Stand April 2008, einzelne Änderungen und Nachträge bis August 2015. Naturschutz und Biologische Vielfalt 70/4: 383-510 pdf

Gallé R, Fehér B (2006) Edge effect on spider assemblages. Tiscia 35: 37-40 pdf

Grbić G, Hänggi A, Krnjajić S (2021) Spiders (Araneae) of Subotica Sandland (Serbia): additional arguments in environmental protection. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 67: 15-61 pdf

Koponen S, Fritzén N R, Pajunen T (2016) Checklist of spiders in Finland (Araneae). 6th version, December 2016, online at http://biolcoll.utu.fi/arach/checklist_of_spiders_in_Finland.htm pdf

Kronestedt T (2001) Checklist of Spiders (Araneae) in Sweden [Preliminary version February 2001] pdf

Kupryjanowicz J (1997b) Titanoeca psammophila Wunderlich, 1993 in Poland (Araneae: Titanoecidae) Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Science, Biological Sciences 44: 57-60 pdf

Milasowszky N, Bauchhenss E, Freudenschuss M, Hepner M, Komposch C, Zulka K P (2015) Erstnachweise von Spinnen in Österreich (Araneae: Gnaphosidae, Linyphiidae, Lycosidae, Philodromidae, Theridiidae, Titanoecidae, Salticidae). Biodiversität und Naturschutz in Ostösterreich ‐ BCBEA 1/2: 296-303 pdf

Otto S (2022) Caucasian spiders. A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus Ecoregion. Database version 02.2022. Internet: caucasus-spiders.info.

Polchaninova N, Prokopenko E (2019) An updated checklist of spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of Left-Bank Ukraine. Arachnologische Mitteilungen 57: 60-64 & App pdf

Ponomarev A V (2022) Spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) of the southeast of the Russian Plain: catalogue, the fauna specific features. SSC RAS Publishers, Rostov-on-Don, 640 pp. pdf

Ponomarev A V, Khnykin A S (2013) Spiders (Aranei) of Volgograd sity and its environs. The South of Russia: Ecology, Development 2013(4): 109-136 pdf

Prídavka R (2002) Príspevok k poznaniu pavúkov (Araneae) Borskej nížiny. [Contribution to the knowledge of spiders (Araneae) of Borská Nižina lowland]. Sborník Přirodovědného klubu v Uherském Hradišti 7: 91-104

Roberts M J (1995) Collins Field Guide: Spiders of Britain & Northern Europe. HarperCollins, London, 383 pp. pdf

Rozwałka R, Stanska M (2008) Check-list of spiders (Araneae) of Poland. 1. December 2008. online at http://www.arachnologia.edu.pl/en/species/8-spiders-of-poland.html pdf

Růžička V, Řezáč M (2022a) Seznam pavouků České republiky. List of spiders of the Czech Republic. Online at https://www.arachnology.cz/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html and https://www.arachnology.cz/en/seznam-pavouku-cr-26.html pdf

Vrenozi B (unpubl.) .

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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