Nuctenea

Nuctenea
	Walnut Orb-Weaver; (N. umbratica)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Araneidae
Genus:	Nuctenea; Simon, 1864
Type species
	N. umbratica; (Clerck, 1757)
Species
	N. cedrorum (Simon, 1929) – Algeria ; N. silvicultrix (C. L. Koch, 1835) – Europe, Russia (Europe to Far East), Kazakhstan ; N. umbratica (Clerck, 1757) – Europe to Azerbaijan, Iran;
Synonyms
	Cyphepeira Archer, 1951;

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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