N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 by Benoit, 1964a: 49 and Emerit, 1974: 31 (contra Simon, 1895a: 845).
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Species counts
ACCEPTED: 2
SYNONYM: 3
Taxonomic Reference
Original description
van Hasselt,
1882: 15
type
Plectana flavida Doleschall, 1859; gender feminine; syn. of
Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857)
Hasselt, A. W. M. van (1882). Araneae. In: Veth, P. J. (ed.) Midden-Sumatra 4A(11). Reizen en onderzoekingen der Sumatra-expeditie, uitgerust door het aardrijkskundig genootschap, 1877–1879 [Travels and explorations of the Sumatra expedition, equipped by the Geographical Society, 1877–1879]. Brill, Leiden, pp. 1-56, pl. 1-5. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.119451 -- Show included taxa