Nuctenea Silvicultrix
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''Nuctenea'' is a
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
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 taxonomist in history, describing over 4, ...
in 1895. Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, ''N. umbratica''.


Species

it contains only three species. * ''
Nuctenea cedrorum ''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) ...
'' (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 ...
'' (Clerck, 1757) — Europe to Azerbaijan :* ''Nuctenea umbratica nigricans'' (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal :* ''Nuctenea umbratica obscura'' (Franganillo, 1909) — Portugal


References

Araneidae Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Asia Spiders of Africa Taxa named by Eugène Simon {{Araneidae-stub