Pycnacantha

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

Species
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