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.^[2] Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.

Species

As of April 2019^[update] 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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[NMBE-1] "Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.

[Simo1895-2] Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.

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