Pycnacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by John Blackwall in 1865.[2]
| Pycnacantha | |
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| 1877 drawing of P. tribulus | |
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| female P. tribulus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Araneidae |
| Genus: | Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. tribulus (Fabricius, 1781)
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| Species | |
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Species
editAs of September 2025[update], this genus includes four species:[1]
- Pycnacantha dinteri Meise, 1932 – Namibia
- Pycnacantha echinotes Meise, 1932 – Cameroon
- Pycnacantha fuscosa Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
- Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781) – Malawi, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa (type species)
References
edit- ^ a b "Genus Pycnacantha". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 26 September 2025.
- ^ Blackwall, J. (1865). "Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the East of Central Africa". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 16 (3): 336–352. doi:10.1080/00222936508679441.
