''Pycnacantha'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
orb-weaver spiders first described by
John Blackwall in 1865.
Species
it contains four species:
*''
Pycnacantha dinteri''
Meise, 1932 – Namibia
*''
Pycnacantha echinotes''
Meise, 1932 – Cameroon
*''
Pycnacantha fuscosa''
Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
*''
Pycnacantha tribulus''
(Fabricius, 1781) (
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) – Central, South Africa
References
Araneidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Africa
Taxa named by John Blackwall
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