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title: "False Pirate Spider"
description: "Platnickina tincta — Insetti e ragni. Platnickina tincta is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/false-pirate-spider
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# False Pirate Spider

> Platnickina tincta — Insetti e ragni. Platnickina tincta is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution.

- Scientific name: *Platnickina tincta*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 2075
- Wikidata: [Q1759839](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1759839)
- iNaturalist taxon: [417238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/417238)

## Names

- en: False Pirate Spider
- de: Schwarze Keilkugelspinne
- fr: Théridion teinté
- nl: Zwartringkogelspin

## Countries with the most observations

FR (194), US (153), GB (151), DE (139), CA (96), RU (75), PL (64), DK (61), IT (34), FI (33), AT (27), SE (25)

## Summary

Platnickina tincta is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.
It is the type species in the genus Platnickina. The type locality is Paris, France.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platnickina_tincta

## Photo

![False Pirate Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/false-pirate-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/83039998

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/false-pirate-spider?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).