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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.

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassArachnida
  4. OrderAraneae
  5. FamilyAraneidae
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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== , 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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