''Nuctenea'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
orb-weaver spiders first described by
Eugène Simon
Eugène Louis Simon (; 30 April 1848 – 17 November 1924) was a French naturalist who worked particularly on insects and spiders, but also on birds and plants. He is by far the most prolific spider Taxonomy (biology), taxonomist in history, ...
in 1895.
Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, ''N. umbratica''.
Species
it contains only three species.
* ''
Nuctenea cedrorum''
(Simon, 1929) — Algeria
* ''
Nuctenea silvicultrix''
(C. L. Koch, 1835) — Palearctic
* ''
Nuctenea umbratica
''Nuctenea umbratica'', the walnut orb-weaver spider, is a species of spider in the family Araneidae.
Name
The species name ''umbratica'' means "living in the shadows" in Latin.
Description
The walnut orb-weaver spider is very wide and flatte ...
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(Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Azerbaijan
:* ''Nuctenea umbratica nigricans''
(Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
:* ''Nuctenea umbratica obscura''
(Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal
References
Araneidae
Araneidae genera
Spiders of Asia
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by Eugène Simon
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