Tags: Arachnid.

Nephilengys cruentata is a 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 .

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binomial authority
Johan Christian Fabricius
class
Arachnid
family
Nephilidae
genus
Nephilengys
kingdom
Animal
order
Araneomorphae, Spdier
phylum
Arthropod
synonym
Aranea cruentata, Araneus diadelus, Epeira azzara, Epeira brasiliensis, Epeira diadela, Nephila borbonica mossambicensis, Nephila brasiliensis, Nephila cruentata chiloangensis, Nephila genualis

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