Nephilingis cruentata

Nephilingis cruentata
Female in Mozambique
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Nephilidae
Genus: Nephilingis
Species:
N. cruentata
Binomial name
Nephilingis cruentata
(Fabricius, 1775)[1]
Synonyms
List
  • Aranea cruentata
  • Epeira diadela
  • Epeira brasiliensis
  • Epeira azzara
  • Nephila genualis
  • Nephila borbonica mossambicensis
  • Nephila brasiliensis
  • Araneus diadelus
  • Nephila cruentata chiloangensis
  • Nephilengys cruentata

Nephilingis cruentata is an nephilid spider with a strikingly red sternum.

Females reach a length of about 24 mm. The legs can be uniformly dark red or brown, or annulated. Males are about 4 mm long.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference WSC_s22473 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Matjaž Kuntner (2007). "A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae)". Systematic Entomology. 32 (1): 95–135. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3113.2006.00348.x.