Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Araneidae
Subfamilia: Araneinae
Tribus: Araneini
Genus: Nuctenea
Species: N. cedrorum – N. silvicultrix – N. umbratica
Name
Nuctenea Simon, 1864
Type species: Nuctenea umbratica Clerck, 1757
Synonyms
Cyphepeira Archer, 1951
References
Platnick, Norman I. (2008): The world spider catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History.
Vernacular names
English: Nuctenea
Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.[2] Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.
Species
As of April 2019 it contains only three species.[1]
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
References
"Gen. Nuctenea Simon, 1864". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
Simon, E (1895). Histoire naturelle des araignées. Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.51973.
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