Nuctenea | |
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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 | |
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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.
As of April 2019 it contains only three species.
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