False pirate spider
Platnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802)
Status not recordedspiders
The false pirate spider (Platnickina tincta) is a species in the family Theridiidae, order Araneae. Recorded adults reach 4.2 mm in length. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including France, Germany and Poland.
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Quick facts about the false pirate spider
- Weight
- Not recorded
- Length
- 2.5 mm – 4.2 mmsrc for Length
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forest, grassland, human_modified, wetlandsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Active
- At night (nocturnal)src for Active
- Conservation status
- Not recorded
- Countries on record
- 4 countriessrc for Countries on record
How big is the false pirate spider?
Which animals does the false pirate spider eat?
Species recorded in published studies and collections.
Each pair is recorded by at least two independent datasets. A record shows the animal was seen or found to have eaten the other, including scavenged carcasses and young animals; it does not say how often. Compiled by Global Biotic Interactions (CC0 1.0).
References for these records
- Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021).
- https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/96565784
Where does the false pirate spider live?
Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.
The false pirate spider is listed for 4 countries.
- Listed
- Not listed
The same countries as a list
Why a country list is not a range map
Listed by: WSC (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.
Where has it been introduced?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the false pirate spider as introduced in 1 country.
Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).
Is the false pirate spider endangered?
No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.
How is the false pirate spider classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- classArachnida
- orderAraneae
- familyTheridiidae
- genusPlatnickina
- SpeciesPlatnickina tincta (Walckenaer, 1802)
Synonyms Aranea tincta, Keija tincta, Keijia tincta, Platnickina irrorata, Platnickina longimana, Platnickina punctata, Platnickina punctulata, Theridion tinctum
Other names and names in other languages (13)
- snovačka kropenatáCzech
- BlækkugleedderkopDanish
- Schwarze KeilkugelspinneGerman
- kirjopallokkiFinnish
- Théridion teintéFrench
- ホクオウヒメグモJapanese
- Dėmėtasis kilpininkasLithuanian
- blekkamfotNorwegian Bokmål
- ZwartringkogelspinDutch
- Теридион пестрыйRussian
- Платникина окрашеннаяRussian
- snovačka fŕkanáSlovak
- bläckklotspindelSwedish
Relatives of the false pirate spider
Other species in the same genus Platnickina.
CompareFalse pirate spider vs Platnickina adamsoniFalse pirate spider vs Platnickina alabamensisFalse pirate spider vs Platnickina antoniFalse pirate spider vs Platnickina chenshaoi
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the false pirate spider?
An adult false pirate spider measures 2.5 mm – 4.2 mm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Where does the false pirate spider live?
Catalogue of Life checklists list the false pirate spider for 4 countries: France, Germany, Poland and Sweden. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.
Is the false pirate spider an invasive species?
The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the false pirate spider as introduced in 1 country: Canada, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.
What kind of animal is the false pirate spider?
The false pirate spider (Platnickina tincta) belongs to the family Theridiidae in the order Araneae.
Which animals does the false pirate spider eat?
Animals recorded as prey of the false pirate spider include green meshweaver. The records are compiled by Global Biotic Interactions from published studies; each pair is reported by at least two datasets.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.
- Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI): interpreted data products · CC0 1.0 · 0.11
Poelen, J.H., Simons, J.D. & Mungall, C.J. (2014) Global Biotic Interactions: an open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics 24: 148–159. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecoinf.2014.08.005. Data: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691479, with each record's original reference. - Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS) · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-11-13
Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group. - TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe · CC BY 4.0 · 2.0
Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844
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