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.

Species

it contains only three species.

• Nuctenea cedrorum <small>(Simon, 1929)</small> — Algeria
• Nuctenea silvicultrix <small>(C. L. Koch, 1835)</small> — Palearctic
• Nuctenea umbratica <small>(Clerck, 1757)</small> — Europe to Azerbaijan

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