''Pycnacantha'' is a
genus
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of
Africa
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n
orb-weaver spiders first described by
John Blackwall
John Blackwall (20 January 1790 – 11 May 1881) was an English naturalist with a particular interest in spiders.
Life
Blackwall was born in Manchester on 20 January 1790. He lived at Hendre House near Llanrwst in north Wales from 1833 until ...
in 1865.
Species
it contains four species:
*''
Pycnacantha dinteri''
Meise, 1932 – Namibia
*''
Pycnacantha echinotes''
Meise, 1932 – Cameroon
*''
Pycnacantha fuscosa''
Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 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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