Afracantha

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Afracantha

| parent_authority = Dahl, 1914

| species = camerunensis

| authority = Dahl, 1914

}}

Afracantha is a genus of African orb-weaver spiders containing the single species, Afracantha camerunensis. It was first described by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,{{cite journal| last=Dahl| first=F.| year=1914| title=Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung.| journal=Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin| pages=235–301| volume=7}} and has only been found in Africa.{{cite web| title=Gen. Afracantha Dahl, 1914| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-05-11| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/270}}