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Nuctenea

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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.

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

^ ^a ^b ^c "Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
^ Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

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Nuctenea: Brief Summary

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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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