Nuctenea

Nuctenea
Walnut Orb-Weaver
(N. umbratica)
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nuctenea
Simon, 1864
Type species
N. umbratica
(Clerck, 1757)
Species
  • N. cedrorum (Simon, 1929) – Algeria
  • N. silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan
  • N. umbratica (Clerck, 1757) – Europe to Azerbaijan, Iran
Synonyms
  • Cyphepeira Archer, 1951

Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895. Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.

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