Nuctenea

Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.

Nuctenea
Walnut Orb-Weaver
(N. umbratica)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Araneidae
Genus: Nuctenea
Simon, 1864[1]
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[1]
  • Cyphepeira Archer, 1951

Species

As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]

  • Nuctenea cedrorum (Simon, 1929) — Algeria
  • Nuctenea silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) — Palearctic
  • Nuctenea umbratica (Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Azerbaijan
  • Nuctenea umbratica nigricans (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
  • Nuctenea umbratica obscura (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal

References
  1. "Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  2. Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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