Nephilingis cruentata (Fabricius, 1775)
Description
Additional information
Non-established species in Europe (Nentwig, 2015)
Distribution
Figures
Pedipalp, expanded
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Pedipalp, ventral view
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Pedipalp, prolateral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Bulbus, retrolateral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Chelicerae and eyes, frontal view
(Kuntner 2007)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kuntner 2007)
Habitus, lateral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Habitus, ventral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Epigyne
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Epigyne
(Kuntner 2007)
Epigyne
(Kuntner 2007)
Epigyne
(Kuntner 2007)
Epigyne
(Kuntner 2007)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Vulva, dorsal view
(Kuntner 2007)
Chelicerae and eyes, frontal view
(Kuntner 2007)
Opisthosoma, ventral view
(Levi & von Eickstedt 1989)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorso-lateral view
(Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2022)
Habitus, ventro-lateral view
(Dippenaar-Schoeman et al. 2022)
Habitus, dorsal view
(Kuntner 2007)
Habitus, lateral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Habitus, ventral view
(Kuntner 2007)
Distribution List
References
Dippenaar-Schoeman A S, Haddad C R, Foord, S H, Lotz L N, Webb P (2022) The Araneidae of South Africa. Version 2: part 3 (Ne-U). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide, Irene, 66 pp. 
Kuntner M (2007) A monograph of Nephilengys, the pantropical 'hermit spiders' (Araneae, Nephilidae, Nephilinae). Systematic Entomology 32: 95-135
Levi H W, Eickstedt V R D von (1989) The Nephilinae spiders of the neotropics. Memórias do Instituto Butantan 51: 43-56
Nentwig W (2015) Introduction, establishment rate, pathways and impact of spiders alien to Europe. Biological Invasions 17: 2757-2778
Van Keer K (2007) Exotic spiders (Araneae): verified reports from Belgium of imported species (1976-2006) and some notes on apparent neozoan invasive species. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 22: 45-54
Van Keer K (2011) An update on the verified reports of imported spiders (Araneae) from Belgium. Nieuwsbrief van de Belgische Arachnologische Vereniging 25(3, 2010): 210-214
WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2