Nuctenea

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Nuctenea

| image = Spaltenkreuzspinne Nuctenea umbricata 1.jpg

| image_caption = Walnut Orb-Weaver
(N. umbratica)

| authority = Simon, 1864

| type_species = N. umbratica

| type_species_authority = (Clerck, 1757)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| 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

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Nuctenea is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1895.{{cite book| last=Simon| first=E| year=1895| title=Histoire naturelle des araignées| publisher=Paris, Librairie encyclopédique de Roret| doi=10.5962/bhl.title.51973| url=https://archive.org/stream/histoirenaturell00sim}} Its most familiar member is the Walnut Orb-Weaver Spider, N. umbratica.