Pycnacantha
# Pycnacantha

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

## Species

As of April 2019 it contains four species:

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