Acanthepeira

Acanthepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.

Species
it contains five species:
 * Acanthepeira cherokee Levi, 1976 – USA
 * Acanthepeira labidura (Mello-Leitão, 1943) – Brazil
 * Acanthepeira marion Levi, 1976 – USA, Mexico
 * Acanthepeira stellata (Walckenaer, 1805) – Canada to Mexico
 * Acanthepeira venusta (Banks, 1896) – USA, Cuba, Hispaniola