Nuctenea

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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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumArthropoda
ClassArachnida
OrderAraneae
FamilyAraneidae

Observations recorded57,832

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 2
Family: Araneidae
Collections: USNM, ZMBN
Recorded in: Norway

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Araneidae
Image: Spaltenkreuzspinne Nuctenea umbricata 1.jpg

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Commons category: Nuctenea
taxon name: Nuctenea
taxon rank: genus
topic's main category: Category:Nuctenea
taxonomic type: Nuctenea umbratica

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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.

==Species== it contains only three species. 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

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