title: Acanthepeira
text: # Acanthepeira
  
  Acanthepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders first described by George Marx in 1883.
  
  ## Species
  
  As of April 2019 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
  