Nuctenea Explained

Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.^[1] Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.

Species

it contains only three species.^[2]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Book: Simon, E. 1895. Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. 10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
2. Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-14. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.