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Pycnacantha

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

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
Observations recorded78

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
7
Family
Araneidae
Collections
ARC-PPRI, MCZ, SAM
Recorded in
South Africa, Madagascar

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Araneidae
Image
Daturina hystrix Thorell 1877.jpg
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taxon name
Pycnacantha
taxon rank
genus
taxonomic type
Pycnacantha tribulus
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Encyclopedic overview

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

==Species== , this genus includes four species: 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)

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