Pycnacantha Explained

Pycnacantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders first described by John Blackwall in 1865.^[1]

Species

it contains four species:^[2]

• Pycnacantha dinteri Meise, 1932 – Namibia
• Pycnacantha echinotes Meise, 1932 – Cameroon
• Pycnacantha fuscosa Simon, 1903 – Madagascar
• Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781) (type) – Central, South Africa

Notes and References

1. 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. 336–352. 16. 3. 10.1080/00222936508679441.
2. Gen. Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-05-15. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.