Family: Araneidae Clerck, 1757 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0102] Back

Gen. Pycnacantha Blackwall, 1865 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01555 ]
N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Daturina Thorell, 1877a: 302 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05970] (type D. hystrix Thorell, 1877 =  Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781)) by Simon, 1895a: 894.
Status: accepted
Last updated
2023-05-07
Described in
Blackwall, 1865b: 350 (type Pycnacantha meadei Blackwall, 1865; gender feminine; syn. of Pycnacantha tribulus (Fabricius, 1781))
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4accepted
2synonym
Reference

Blackwall, J. (1865b). Descriptions of recently discovered species and characters of a new genus, of Araneida from the east of Central Africa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (3) 16(95): 336-352. doi:10.1080/00222936508679441 download pdf

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