Nuctenea

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) — 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