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Araneidae Clerck, 1757

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: family name and authorship as per ICZN, 2009 Opinion 2224, after application by Kluge, 2007; Arkyinae L. Koch, 1872 (genera Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 and Demadiana Strand, 1929) elevated to Arkyidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; monophyly of Araneidae stated by Kallal et al., 2018: 138; Nephilinae Simon, 1894 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spiderfam:0111] elevated to family and relimited by Kuntner, 2006: 24, re-synonymized with Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2017: 244; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae Simon, 1894 (Simon, 1894a: 746 as Phonognatheae), the valid name for Zygiellinae Simon, 1929 sensu Wunderlich, 2004f, elevated to family by Kuntner et al., 2019: 563, not accepted by Scharff et al., 2020 and Kallal et al., 2020, and confirmed as family by Kuntner et al., 2023: 969-970 along with the separation of Paraplectanoididae Kuntner, Coddington, Agnarsson & Bond, 2023; Nephilinae and Phonognathinae downgraded to subfamily and Paraplectanoididae considered a synonym of Araneidae by Hormiga et al., 2023: 803; family status of Paraplectanoididae, Nephilidae and Phonognathidae revalidated by Kuntner et al., 2025: 17, 23, but not accepted here for reasons of stability; Oarcinae (Gnolus and Oarces) transferred from the Mimetidae to the Araneidae by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15, re-transfer to the Mimetidae by Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 340 not accepted here (by majority vote of the WSC boards); Eskov & Marusik, 2023: 241 and Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 consider Zygiellidae as the valid name instead of Phonognathidae and accept the family status of Nephilidae; the status of the Nephilinae and Phonognathinae (= Zygiellidae) as subfamilies is accepted by majority vote of the WSC boards; Eskov & Marusik, 2024: 52 list ten subfamilies and tribes as valid (besides Nephilidae and Zygiellidae): Araneinae, Argiopinae Simon, 1890a: 81 (sub Argiopidae), Cyrtarachninae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtarachneae), Сyrtophorinae Simon, 1895a: 876 (sub Cyrtophoreae), Gasteracanthinae O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871e: 217 (sub Gasteracanthides), Micratheninae Simon, 1895a: 848 (sub Micratheneae), Guizygiellinae Zhu, Song & Zhang, 2003: 42, Caerostrini Simon, 1895a: 831 (sub Cerostreae), Hypognathini Simon, 1895a: 871 (sub Hypognatheae) and Poltyini Simon, 1895a: 888 (sub Poltyeae).

In synonymy:

Anchacantha Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Butler, 1873a: 157, described as subgenus)

Atelacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Bunocrania Thorell, 1878 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Levi, 1996b: 140)

Collacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1864: 285, described as subgenus)

Isacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Paurotylus Tullgren, 1910 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Emerit, 1982c: 458)

Plectana Walckenaer, 1841 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (McCook, 1894: 211)

Stanneoclavis Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)

Vibradellus Chamberlin, 1925 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Bryant, 1933a: 178)

Gen. Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01484

type Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Plectana Walckenaer, 1841: 150 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05440] (type Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758, designated by Bonnet, 1958: 3705) by McCook, 1894: 211 (by transfer of the type species); considered a senior synonym of Atelacantha Simon, 1864: 285 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05497] (type A. malayensis Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864) and Stanneoclavis Butler, 1873a: 173 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05498] (type Plectana pentagona Walckenaer, 1841) by Simon, 1895a: 845; considered a senior synonym of Isacantha Simon, 1864: 286 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05538] (type Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758 per Bonnet, 1957: 2299, described as subgenus of Gasteracantha, preoccupied in Coleoptera by Hope, 1833) by Simon, 1895a: 845 (see also the note at Isoxya Simon, 1885); considered a senior synonym of Vibradellus Chamberlin, 1925d: 214 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06344] (type V. carolinus Chamberlin, 1925 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758)) by Bryant, 1933a: 178 (by synonymy of the type species, transfer from Theridiidae); considered a senior synonym of Paurotylus Tullgren, 1910: 171 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05239] (type P. depressus Tullgren, 1910 = Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873) (transferred from the Theridiidae to the Araneidae by Levi & Levi, 1962: 25) by Emerit, 1982c: 458, contra Benoit, 1964a: 47, who considered that genus a junior synonym of Aetrocantha Karsch, 1879 instead; considered a senior synonym of Bunocrania Thorell, 1878b: 24 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05238] (type B. biloba Thorell, 1878) by Levi, 1996b: 140; not a senior synonym of Aetrocantha Karsch, 1879, Isoxya Simon, 1885 or Acrosomoides Simon, 1887 (Benoit, 1962a: 14, 43, 45); not a senior synonym of Actinacantha Simon, 1864, Macracantha Simon, 1864, Augusta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1877, Thelacantha van Hasselt, 1882, Afracantha Dahl, 1914, Austracantha Dahl, 1914, Hypsacantha Dahl, 1914 or Togacantha Dahl, 1914 (Emerit, 1974: 28-31, contra Benoit, 1962a: 14); Anchacantha Butler, 1873a: 157 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06327] (type Epeira curvispina Guérin, 1837) and Collacantha Simon, 1864: 285 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:06328] (type Aranea geminata Fabricius, 1798) were described as subgenera of Gastercantha.

Transferred to other genera:

Gasteracantha acrosomoides O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha arcuata (Fabricius, 1793) -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha astrigera L. Koch, 1871 -- see Austracantha

Gasteracantha batesi Pocock, 1899 -- see Afracantha

Gasteracantha blackwalli Keyserling, 1864 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857) -- see Thelacantha

Gasteracantha camerunensis Thorell, 1899 -- see Afracantha

Gasteracantha chaperi Simon, 1887 -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha cicatrella Strand, 1907 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha cicatricosa C. L. Koch, 1844 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha cowani Butler, 1882 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha crucimaculata Dahl, 1914 -- see Hypsacantha

Gasteracantha curvicauda (Vauthier, 1824) -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha cuspidata C. L. Koch, 1837 -- see Thelacantha

Gasteracantha fabricii Simon, 1899 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha falkensteini (Karsch, 1879) -- see Aetrocantha

Gasteracantha feisthameli Guérin, 1839 -- see Hypognatha

Gasteracantha flavomaculata Keyserling, 1865 -- see Austracantha

Gasteracantha formosana Saito, 1933 -- see Thelacantha

Gasteracantha galeata (Simon, 1887) -- see Aetrocantha

Gasteracantha globulata (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Actinacantha

Gasteracantha glyphica Guérin, 1839 -- see Augusta

Gasteracantha hasselti (C. L. Koch, 1837) -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha helva Blackwall, 1864 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha hepatica L. Koch, 1871 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha heterodoxa (Karsch, 1879) -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878) -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha horrens Thorell, 1859 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha inversa (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha maculata (Karsch, 1878) -- see Austracantha

Gasteracantha maculosa Lenz, 1886 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha minax Thorell, 1859 -- see Austracantha

Gasteracantha modesta Thorell, 1859 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha momboensis Tullgren, 1910 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha mucronota (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha nigromutica Caporiacco, 1939 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha nordviei Strand, 1913 -- see Togacantha

Gasteracantha nossibeana Strand, 1915 -- see Madacantha

Gasteracantha pallida Nicolet, 1849 -- see Phoroncidia

Gasteracantha parvula Thorell, 1859 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha penizoides (Simon, 1887) -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha perakensis Simon, 1901 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha pictospina van Hasselt, 1882 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha proba O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha propinqua O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha purpurea Simon, 1884 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha pygmaea Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha reuteri Lenz, 1886 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha sagaensis Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Phoroncidia

Gasteracantha sanguinipes Strand, 1906 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha sola Saito, 1933 -- see Thelacantha

Gasteracantha somalica Caporiacco, 1940 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha sparsa Saito, 1933 -- see Thelacantha

Gasteracantha stuhlmanni Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha tabulata Thorell, 1859 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha testudinaria Simon, 1901 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha testudinaria benina Strand, 1913 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha tetraedra (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Acrosomoides

Gasteracantha tjibodensis Strand, 1907 -- see Macracantha

Gasteracantha tuberifera Dahl, 1914 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha tuberosa Thorell, 1859 -- see Isoxya

Gasteracantha wealii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 -- see Isoxya

In synonymy:

Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha acuminata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha albertisi Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha albiventer Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha annamita Simon, 1886 = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha annulipes C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha aruana Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha atlantica (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha biolleyi Banks, 1905 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha bleekeri (Doleschall, 1857) = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha bleekeri retrorsa Thorell, 1878 = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha bouchardi Simon, 1903 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 286)

Gasteracantha bradleyi Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha fornicata (Fabricius, 1775) (Dahl, 1914: 280)

Gasteracantha bruijnii Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha butleri Thorell, 1877 = Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha butleri elberti Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha callida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha cancer (Hentz, 1850, T from Epeira) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha cancriformis unicolor Taczanowski, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1978a: 438)

Gasteracantha canestrinii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 265, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha carolina (Chamberlin, 1925, T from Vibradellus) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Bryant, 1933a: 178)

Gasteracantha centrum (Doleschall, 1857) = Gasteracantha sturi (Doleschall, 1857) (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha circumnotata Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel, 1863 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitão, 1917 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 142)

Gasteracantha conchata (Slabber, 1769, T from Aranea) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha connata Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Dahl, 1914: 267)

Gasteracantha consanguinea Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha crepidiphora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 247)

Gasteracantha dahomensis Karsch, 1884 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266)

Gasteracantha depressa (Tullgren, 1910, T from Paurotylus) = Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 (Emerit, 1982c: 458)

Gasteracantha dicallina Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha doleschalli Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) (Dahl, 1914: 250)

Gasteracantha elipsoides (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha elliptica Gétaz, 1893 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha ensifera Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha eurygaster Thorell, 1890 = Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha falcifera C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 270)

Gasteracantha flebilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 283)

Gasteracantha formosa confluxa Karsch, 1884 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha fornicata hundeshageni Strand, 1907 = Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 277)

Gasteracantha fornicata bubula Thorell, 1890 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha fornicata jalorensis Simon, 1901 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 286)

Gasteracantha fornicata olivacea Strand, 1907 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Roewer, 1942a: 941)

Gasteracantha fragispina Keyserling, 1886 = Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha harpax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 277)

Gasteracantha hebridisia Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha hexacantha (Fabricius, 1787) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha hilaris Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 265, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha importuna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Benoit, 1962a: 64)

Gasteracantha impotens Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Benoit, 1962a: 64)

Gasteracantha insulana Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 264, sub Gasteracantha servillei)

Gasteracantha karschi Thorell, 1887 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha kochi Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 264, sub Gasteracantha servillei)

Gasteracantha kulczynskii Strand, 1906 = Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 277)

Gasteracantha laeta Fauvel, 1865 = Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 281)

Gasteracantha laeviuscula Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha lata (Walckenaer, 1805, T from Epeira) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 265)

Gasteracantha lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha leucomelaena Thorell, 1887 = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha leucomelas (Doleschall, 1859) = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha macrura Pocock, 1898 = Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 (Benoit, 1962a: 59)

Gasteracantha mahurica Strand, 1913 = Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 248)

Gasteracantha malayensis (Simon, 1864) = Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 270)

Gasteracantha mammosa C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Benoit, 1964a: 49)

Gasteracantha marsdeni Simon, 1903 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 286)

Gasteracantha marsdeni punctisternis Strand, 1906 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 286)

Gasteracantha mascula Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 142)

Gasteracantha maura McCook, 1894 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha mauricia (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha metallica (Pocock, 1898) = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha minahassae Merian, 1911 = Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha moesta Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 265, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha molesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 298, sub Gasteracantha importuna)

Gasteracantha mollusca L. Koch, 1871 = Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 281)

Gasteracantha montana Thorell, 1890 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha nabona Chamberlin, 1924 = Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 (Fox, 1938b: 365)

Gasteracantha nana Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha nebulosa Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 280)

Gasteracantha nigripes Simon, 1881 = Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 (Benoit, 1964a: 50)

Gasteracantha nigrisparsa Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 (Dahl, 1914: 244)

Gasteracantha nigristernis Simon, 1899 = Gasteracantha sturi (Doleschall, 1857) (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha obliqua C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha occidentalis Dahl, 1914 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Benoit, 1962a: 64)

Gasteracantha ocillatum Urquhart, 1889 = Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 281)

Gasteracantha oldendorffi Holmberg, 1876 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 44)

Gasteracantha ornata Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha pallida C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 328, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha papuana Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (Dahl, 1914: 270)

Gasteracantha pavesi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha peccans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha pentagona anirica Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha petersi Karsch, 1878 = Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873 (Dahl, 1914: 276)

Gasteracantha picea C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha praetextata helva Merian, 1911 = Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) (Roewer, 1942a: 944)

Gasteracantha praetextata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha preciosa McCook, 1894 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 328, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha proboscidea Taczanowski, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha pseudoflava Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha quadridens C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 328, sub Gasteracantha tetracantha)

Gasteracantha quadrispina Lamb, 1911 = Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (Dahl, 1914: 270)

Gasteracantha quinqueserrata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha radiata Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha raimondi Taczanowski, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha relegata Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873 (Dahl, 1914: 276)

Gasteracantha retracta Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266)

Gasteracantha rimata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) (Dahl, 1914: 267)

Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch, 1844 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha rufospinosa Marx, 1886 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 343)

Gasteracantha scapha Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 279)

Gasteracantha schweinfurthi Simon, 1890 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha scintillans concolor Rainbow, 1913 = Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873 (Chrysanthus, 1971: 45)

Gasteracantha scoparia Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 (Dahl, 1914: 244)

Gasteracantha sepulchralis Simon, 1881 = Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 (Benoit, 1964a: 50)

Gasteracantha servillei (Guérin, 1825) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 140)

Gasteracantha servillei joinvillensis Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 142)

Gasteracantha sexserrata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263)

Gasteracantha similis Kulczyński, 1911 = Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 247)

Gasteracantha similis melanotica Kulczyński, 1911 = Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 247)

Gasteracantha similis tenuiscapus Kulczyński, 1911 = Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 (Dahl, 1914: 247)

Gasteracantha simoni Keyserling, 1886 = Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha sodalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Benoit, 1964a: 50)

Gasteracantha spenceri Pocock, 1900 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha strasseni Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 248)

Gasteracantha studeri (Karsch, 1878) = Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 248)

Gasteracantha sumatrana Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha sylvestris Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872 (Dahl, 1914: 262)

Gasteracantha taeniata bawensis Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata jamurensis Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata maculella Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata obsoletopicta Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata oinokensis Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata sentanensis Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37)

Gasteracantha taeniata trivittinota Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 36)

Gasteracantha taeniata univittinota Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 36)

Gasteracantha ternatensis Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha tetracantha (Linnaeus, 1767) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 140)

Gasteracantha theisi antemaculata Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha theisi keyana Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha theisi quadrisignatella Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249)

Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873 (Dahl, 1914: 276)

Gasteracantha transversalis (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha triserrata (Walckenaer, 1841, T from Micrathena) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Petrunkevitch, 1911: 345)

Gasteracantha unguicornis Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha vaccula Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266)

Gasteracantha varia Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha variegata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 282)

Gasteracantha velitaris C. L. Koch, 1837 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329)

Gasteracantha versicolor nigristerna Caporiacco, 1941 = Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841) (Benoit, 1962a: 61)

Gasteracantha violenta L. Koch, 1871 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha vittata Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 284)

Gasteracantha vittata longicornis Strand, 1907 = Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 (Dahl, 1914: 280)

Gasteracantha walckenaeri Lucas, 1858 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266)

Gasteracantha wallacei Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha wogeonis Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 (Dahl, 1914: 281)

Gasteracantha wolfi Strand, 1911 = Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 (Dahl, 1914: 270)

Nomina dubia:

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta rueppelli Strand, 1916: 64 (j, Egypt) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 36

Gasteracantha trigona Giebel, 1863: 311 (f, Indonesia/Java) -- Roewer, 1955c: 1514

Nomina nuda:

Gasteracantha cancriformis alba Franganillo, 1936c: 96 (Cuba) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054318] , Franganillo, 1936c: 96 (no description)

Gasteracantha cancriformis aurata Franganillo, 1926a: 57 (Cuba) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054319] , Franganillo, 1926a : 57 (no description)

Gasteracantha cancriformis nigra Franganillo, 1926a: 57 (Cuba) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054320] , Franganillo, 1926a : 57 (no description)

Gasteracantha mindanaoensis Alviola, Mohagan & Janicki, 2021: 12, f. 1b-c, 2c-d (f, Philipines) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054309] -- Alviola, Mohagan & Janicki, 2021, description is invalid as no type is fixed and no deposition of the types is stated, see ICZN Article 16.4

Gasteracantha aciculata (Pocock, 1898) | | Papua New Guinea (New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016002

Actinacantha aciculata Pocock, 1898j: 107, pl. 10, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) aciculata Dahl, 1914: 248

Gasteracantha acutispina Dahl, 1914 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016003

Gasteracantha (Tatacantha) acutispina Dahl, 1914: 246, f. 17 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 | | Indonesia (Sumatra, Timor, Ambon), Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016004

Gasteracantha audouinii Guérin, 1838b: 55 (Df) Original description

Plectana transversalis Walckenaer, 1841: 165 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064912]

Plectana bleekeri Doleschall, 1857: 423 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064913]

Gasteracantha (Collacantha) transversalis Butler, 1873a: 167

Gasteracantha pseudoflava Simon, 1877c: 228, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064914]

Gasteracantha bleekeri Thorell, 1878b: 11

Gasteracantha bleekeri retrorsa Thorell, 1878b: 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064915]

Gasteracantha retrorsa Thorell, 1881: 6

Gasteracantha pseudoflava Simon, 1895a: 839, f. 888 (f)

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) audouinii Dahl, 1914: 284 (S of Gasteracantha bleekeri, G. bleekeri retrorsa, G. pseudoflava and G. transversalis)

Gasteracantha aureola Mi & Peng, 2013 | | China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:046546

Gasteracantha aureola Mi & Peng, 2013b: 795, f. 1-5 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha aureola Alviola, Mohagan & Janicki, 2021: 12, f. 1a, 2a-b (f)

Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016005

Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877b: 347 (Df) Original description

Plectana beccarii Thorell, 1890a: 68

Gasteracantha (Tatacantha) beccarii Dahl, 1914: 245

Gasteracantha biloba (Thorell, 1878) | | Myanmar, Indonesia (Moluccas, Ambon) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016006

Bunocrania biloba Thorell, 1878b: 25 (Dj) Original description

Bunocrania biloba Thorell, 1898: 374 (Dm)

Gasteracantha biloba Levi, 1996b: 140 (T from Bunocrania)

Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) | | North America, Central America, Caribbean, South America. Introduced to Hawaii urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016007 TYPE SPECIES

Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758: 624 (Df) Original description

Aranea tetracantha Linnaeus, 1767: 1037 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057031]

Aranea conchata Slabber, 1769: 3, pl. 1, f. 1-4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065638]

Aranea tetracantha Pallas, 1772: 49, pl. 3, f. 16-17 (f)

Aranea hexacantha Fabricius, 1787: 344 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063477]

Epeira lata Walckenaer, 1805: 66 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065639]

Epeira servillei Guérin, 1825: 263 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064215]

Gasteracantha cancriformis Sundevall, 1833b: 14

Acrosoma hexacantha Hahn, 1834: 17, f. 106 (f)

Gasteracantha cancriformis C. L. Koch, 1837a: 21, f. 263 (f)

Gasteracantha hexacantha C. L. Koch, 1837a: 31, f. 268 (f)

Gasteracantha velitaris C. L. Koch, 1837a: 33, f. 269 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065640]

Plectana cancriformis Walckenaer, 1841: 151

Plectana velitaris Walckenaer, 1841: 152

Plectana hexacantha Walckenaer, 1841: 152

Plectana elipsoides Walckenaer, 1841: 155 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065641]

Plectana quinqueserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 157 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065642]

Plectana sexserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 157 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065643]

Plectana triserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 158 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065644]

Plectana servillei Walckenaer, 1841: 159

Plectana lata Walckenaer, 1841: 165

Plectana atlantica Walckenaer, 1841: 167 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065645]

Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch, 1844: 55, f. 878 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065646]

Gasteracantha picea C. L. Koch, 1844: 61, f. 882 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065647]

Gasteracantha mammosa C. L. Koch, 1844: 57, f. 879 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064205]

Gasteracantha quadridens C. L. Koch, 1844: 59, f. 880 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065648]

Gasteracantha pallida C. L. Koch, 1844: 60, f. 881 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065649]

Epeira cancer Hentz, 1850: 23, pl. 3, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065650]

Gasteracantha moesta Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065651]

Gasteracantha insulana Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063479]

Gasteracantha hilaris Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065652]

Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel, 1863: 312 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055201]

Collacantha servillii Simon, 1864: 285 (new subgenus)

Gasteracantha kochii Butler, 1873a: 169 (Df, new name for Gasteracantha hexacantha sensu C. L. Koch, 1837) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063478]

Dicantha lata Butler, 1873a: 175

Micrathena triserrata Butler, 1873a: 429

Gasteracantha oldendorffii Holmberg, 1876: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065653]

Gasteracantha insulana Butler, 1877: 76, pl. 13, f. 1 (f)

Gasteracantha raimondii Taczanowski, 1879: 106, pl. 1, f. 25-26 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065654]

Gasteracantha raimondii unicolor Taczanowski, 1879: 107 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064197]

Gasteracantha proboscidea Taczanowski, 1879: 108, pl. 1, f. 27 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065655]

Gasteracantha canestrinii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 282, pl. 26, f. 2 (Dj) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065656]

Gasteracantha callida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065657]

Gasteracantha rufospinosa Marx, 1886: 25, f. a-f (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065658]

Gasteracantha hexacantha Keyserling, 1892: 1, pl. 1, f. 1 (f)

Gasteracantha elliptica Gétaz, 1893: 105 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063476]

Gasteracantha maura McCook, 1894: 210, pl. 13, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065659]

Gasteracantha cancriformis McCook, 1894: 211, pl. 14, f. 9 (f)

Gasteracantha pallida McCook, 1894: 209, pl. 14, f. 8 (f)

Gasteracantha preciosa McCook, 1894: 211, pl. 14, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065660]

Gasteracantha cancriformis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329, pl. 7, f. 11 (f, S of Aranea conchata, Epeira cancer, Gasteracantha atlantica, G. callida, G. elipsoides, G. picea, G. rubiginosa and G. velitaris)

Gasteracantha canestrinii F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 330, pl. 7, f. 10 (Df)

Gasteracantha kochii F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 331, pl. 7, f. 10 (f)

Gasteracantha tetracantha F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 328 (S of Gasteracantha pallida, G. preciosa and G. quadridens)

Gasteracantha cancriformis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 525, pl. 51, f. 14 (f)

Gasteracantha kochii F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1904: 525, pl. 51, f. 15 (f)

Gasteracantha biolleyi Banks, 1905b: 20, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065661]

Gasteracantha tetracantha Petrunkevitch, 1911: 345 (S of Micrathena triserrata)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 343 (S of Gasteracantha rufospinosa)

Gasteracantha (Gasteracantha) cancriformis Dahl, 1914: 263 (S of Epeira lata, G. biolleyi, Gasteracantha columbiae, G. elliptica, G. hexacantha, G. maura, G. proboscidea, G. quinqueserrata, G. raimondi and G. sexserrata)

Gasteracantha servillei Dahl, 1914: 264 (S of Gasteracantha insulana and G. kochi)

Gasteracantha (Gasteracantha) tetracantha Dahl, 1914: 265 (S of Gasteracantha canestrinii, G. hilaris and G. moesta)

Gasteracantha mammosa Dahl, 1914: 258 (S of Gasteracantha mediofusca, revalidated by Chrysanthus, 1971: 47)

Gasteracantha kochi joinvillensis Strand, 1916b: 118 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064216]

Gasteracantha mascula Strand, 1916b: 119 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064206]

Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitão, 1917a: 93 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064198]

Vibradellus carolinus Chamberlin, 1925d: 214 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065662]

Gasteracantha cancriformis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 249, f. 103 (mf)

Gasteracantha tetracantha Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 253, f. 104-107 (Dm, f)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Bryant, 1933a: 178 (S of Vibradellus carolinus)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Mello-Leitão, 1933b: 44 (S of Gasteracantha oldendorffi)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Archer, 1941b: 23, pl. IV, f. 3, 5 (mf)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Benoit, 1964a: 49 (S of Gasteracantha mammosa)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi, 1978a: 437, f. 69-84 (mf, S of Gasteracantha cancriformis unicolor)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi, 1978b: 11, f. 15-17 (m)

Gasteracantha tetracantha Wunderlich, 1986: 217, f. 218 (m)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi, 1996b: 140, f. 292-312 (mf, S of Gasteracantha comstocki, G. mascula, G. servillei, G. servillei joinvillensis and G. tetracantha)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Levi, 2002: 553, f. 251-252 (m)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Álvarez-Padilla & Hormiga, 2011a: 846, f. 133E, 136A (f)

Gasteracantha cancriformis Baert et al., 2023: 6, f. 11A-C, 12A-C (mf)

Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi Archer, 1941 | | USA urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016008

Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi Archer, 1941b: 24, pl. 4, f. 6 (Dmf) Original description

Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi Brignoli, 1983c: 245 (probably not valid)

Gasteracantha clarki Emerit, 1974 | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016009

Gasteracantha clarki Emerit, 1974: 101, f. 42, 43A-B (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha clavatrix (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Indonesia (Lombok, Sulawesi, Mentawai Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016010

Plectana clavatrix Walckenaer, 1841: 186 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha clavatrix Thorell, 1877b: 349

Gasteracantha claveata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 289, pl. 27, f. 17 (Df)

Gasteracantha claveata Pocock, 1897c: 603, pl. 25, f. 5 (f)

Gasteracantha (Tatacantha) clavatrix Dahl, 1914: 244

Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 | | Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016011

Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863: 307 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha nigrisparsa Butler, 1873a: 154, pl. 4, f. 11 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064926]

Gasteracantha scoparia Simon, 1877b: 68, pl. 3, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065093]

Gasteracantha scoparia Simon, 1895a: 839, f. 889 (f)

Gasteracantha clavigera Dahl, 1914: 244 (S of Gasteracantha nigrisparsa and G. scoparia)

Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877 | | Malaysia, Indonesia (Borneo, Java, New Guinea) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016012

Gasteracantha crucigera Bradley, 1877: 138, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha crepidiphora O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 287, pl. 27, f. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064907]

Gasteracantha similis Kulczyński, 1911c: 497, pl. 20, f. 65, 70 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064908]

Gasteracantha crucigera Kulczyński, 1911c: 494, pl. 20, f. 64, 69 (f, Dm)

Gasteracantha crepidiphora Kulczyński, 1911c: 496, pl. 20, f. 66, 71 (f)

Gasteracantha similis tenuiscapus Kulczyński, 1911c: 498 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064200]

Gasteracantha similis melanotica Kulczyński, 1911d: 123 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064199]

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) crucigera Dahl, 1914: 247 (S of Gasteracantha crepidiphora, G. similis, G. similis melanotica and G. similis tenuiscapus)

Gasteracantha crucigera Chrysanthus, 1971: 44, f. 94-96 (f, S of Gasteracantha crucigera melanotica and G. crucigera tenuiscapus confirmed)

Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) | | West, Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016013

Epeira curvispina Guérin, 1837: 8, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df) Original description

Plectana curvispina Walckenaer, 1841: 154

Gasteracantha walckenaeri Lucas, 1858: 49, 425, pl. 12, f. 7 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065020]

Gasteracantha vaccula Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065021]

Gasteracantha retracta Butler, 1873a: 157, pl. 4, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065022]

Gasteracantha (Anchacantha) curvispina Butler, 1873a: 157 (new subgenus)

Gasteracantha dahomensis Karsch, 1884b: 70 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065023]

Aranoethra cambridgei Simon, 1907d: 304 (m; misidentified per Emerit, 1982c: 465)

Gasteracantha curvispina Simon, 1907d: 300 (Dm)

Gasteracantha (Anchacantha) curvispina Dahl, 1914: 266, f. 13 (f, S of Gasteracantha dahomensis, G. retracta, G. vaccula and G. walckenaeri)

Gasteracantha curvispina Benoit & Emerit, 1975: 328, f. 15-16 (m)

Gasteracantha curvispina Emerit, 1982c: 458, 465, pl. 1, f. A, D, F-G (m)

Gasteracantha curvispina Heinrichs & Barrion, 2004: 207, f. 579-580 (f)

Gasteracantha curvistyla Dahl, 1914 | | Indonesia (Togian Is.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016014

Gasteracantha curvistyla Dahl, 1914: 245, f. 16 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900 | | Pakistan, India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016016

Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900a: 232 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha dalyi Tikader, 1982a: 67, f. 135-138 (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887 | | Pakistan, India, China, Taiwan, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016017

Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887: 225 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha diadesmia Tikader, 1970: 40, f. 23c (f; removed from S of Gasteracantha panisicca, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 287)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Tikader, 1982a: 61, f. 123-126 (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 557, f. 343a-f, 344a-i (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Yin et al., 1997d: 95, f. 24a-c (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 168C-D, P (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Sen et al., 2015: 107, f. 612-616, pl. 21 (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 6, f. 1-6, 166 (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 31, f. 5A-D, 11A-C (f)

Gasteracantha diadesmia Mi, Wang & Li, 2024: 299, f. 13A-I, 14A-D, 15A-E (Dm, f)

Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) | | India, China, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016018

Epeira diardi Lucas, 1835: 70, pl. 149, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha fornicata C. L. Koch, 1837a: 18, f. 261 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha obliqua C. L. Koch, 1844: 64, f. 884 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064925]

Plectana acuminata Doleschall, 1859: 42, pl. 12, f. 1 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 285)

Gasteracantha varia Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064927]

Gasteracantha unguicornis Butler, 1873a: 159, pl. 4, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064928]

Gasteracantha consanguinea Butler, 1873a: 159 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064929]

Gasteracantha dicallina Butler, 1873a: 160, pl. 4, f. 1 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064930]

Gasteracantha sumatrana Butler, 1873a: 162, pl. 4, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064931]

Gasteracantha pavesi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 282, pl. 26, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064932]

Gasteracantha fornicata bubula Thorell, 1890a: 49 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064933]

Gasteracantha montana Thorell, 1890a: 53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064934]

Gasteracantha fornicata jalorensis Simon, 1901k: 60 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064935]

Gasteracantha bouchardi Simon, 1903h: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064936]

Gasteracantha marsdeni Simon, 1903h: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064937]

Gasteracantha marsdeni punctisternis Strand, 1906d: 264 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064938]

Gasteracantha fornicata olivacea Strand, 1907m: 424 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064939]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) diardi Dahl, 1914: 285 (S of Gasteracantha bouchardi, G. consanguinea, G. dicallina, G. fornicata bubula, G. fornicata jalorensis, G. marsdeni, G. marsdeni punctisternis, G. montana, G. obliqua, G. pavesi, G. sumatrana, G. unguicornis and G. varia)

Gasteracantha diardi Kolosváry, 1931: 1057, pl. 30, f. 1 (f)

Gasteracantha diardi Roewer, 1942a: 940 (S of Gasteracantha fornicata olivacea)

Gasteracantha diardi Tan et al., 2019a: 43, f. 1B-D, 6A-F (f)

Gasteracantha diardi Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 33, f. 2, 6A-E, 11D-F (f)

Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877 | | Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016019

Gasteracantha doriae Simon, 1877c: 232, pl. 3, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha harpax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 9 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065582]

Gasteracantha doriae Workman & Workman, 1892: 7, pl. 7 (f)

Gasteracantha kulczynskii Strand, 1906d: 266 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065583]

Gasteracantha fornicata hundeshageni Strand, 1907k: 195 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065584]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) doriae Dahl, 1914: 277 (S of Gasteracantha fornicata hundeshageni, G. harpax and G. kulczynskii)

Gasteracantha doriai Bonnet, 1957: 1951 (unjustified emendation, see ICZN Article 31.1.1)

Gasteracantha doriae Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 35, f. 7A-C, 11G-I (f)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873 | | Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016020

Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstaecker, 1873: 489 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065573]

Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstaecker, 1873: 490, pl. 18, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065574]

Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873a: 158, pl. 4, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha petersii Karsch, 1878a: 322, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065575]

Gasteracantha falciformis Simon, 1895a: 840 (lapsus)

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) falcicornis Dahl, 1914: 276 (S of Gasteracantha petersi, G. resupinata and G. toxotes)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Emerit, 1974: 107, f. 46D-F (f)

Gasteracantha falcicornis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 6, 4 f. (f habitus)

Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838 | | Indonesia (New Guinea), Guam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016021

Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838b: 53 (Df) Original description

Plectana variegata Walckenaer, 1841: 160 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065092]

Gasteracantha variegata L. Koch, 1871: 2

Gasteracantha fasciata Dahl, 1914: 282 (S of Gasteracantha variegata)

Gasteracantha fasciata Chrysanthus, 1971: 49, f. 112-113 (f)

Gasteracantha flava Nicolet, 1849 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016022

Gasteracantha flava Nicolet, 1849: 476 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha fornicata (Fabricius, 1775) | | Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016023

Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775: 435 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha vittata L. Koch, 1871: 2, pl. 1, f. 1 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 280)

Gasteracantha bradleyi Thorell, 1881: 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065029]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) fornicata Dahl, 1914: 280 (S of Gasteracantha bradleyi)

Gasteracantha fornicata Saito, 1959: 112, f. 138 (S of Gasteracantha sauteri [regarded as valid by later authors])

Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864 | | India, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia (Borneo), Indonesia (Borneo, Flores) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016024

Gasteracantha frontata Blackwall, 1864b: 40 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha frontata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 283, pl. 26, f. 5 (f)

Gasteracantha flebilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065572]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) frontata Dahl, 1914: 283 (S of Gasteracantha flebilis)

Gasteracantha gambeyi Simon, 1877 | | New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016025

Gasteracantha gambeyi Simon, 1877c: 236, pl. 3, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha geminata (Fabricius, 1798) | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016026

Aranea geminata Fabricius, 1798: 292 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha geminata C. L. Koch, 1837a: 16, f. 260 (f)

Plectana geminata Walckenaer, 1841: 158

Gasteracantha (Collacantha) geminata Simon, 1864: 285 (new subgenus)

Gasteracantha (Collacantha) connata Butler, 1873a: 168 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065570]

Gasteracantha rimata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 282, pl. 26, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065571]

Gasteracantha geminata Simon, 1895a: 836, f. 883-887 (Dm, f)

Gasteracantha geminata Pocock, 1900a: 233, f. 79 (f)

Gasteracantha (Collacantha) geminata Dahl, 1914: 267, f. 11 (f, S of Gasteracantha connata and G. rimata)

Gasteracantha geminata Tikader, 1982a: 53, f. 107-110 (f)

Gasteracantha geminata Kim et al., 2013b: 175, f. 1-8 (f)

Gasteracantha geminata Sankaran, Jobi & Sebastian, 2015: 147, f. 1A-F, 2A-F (mf)

Gasteracantha geminata Caleb, 2020b: 15717, f. 3D, 24N (f)

Gasteracantha hecata (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016028

Plectana hecata Walckenaer, 1841: 168 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha falcifera C. L. Koch, 1844: 62, f. 883 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065585]

Gasteracantha (Atelacantha) hecata Dahl, 1914: 270 (S of Gasteracantha falcifera)

Gasteracantha interrupta Dahl, 1914 | | Indonesia (Lombok, Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016029

Gasteracantha interrupta Dahl, 1914: 262, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:036933

Plectana irradiata Walckenaer, 1841: 170 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha vittata Thorell, 1859: 301 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065149]

Gasteracantha minahassae Merian, 1911: 235, pl. 9, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065028]

Gasteracantha irradiata Dahl, 1914: 284 (S of Gasteracantha minahassae and G. vittata)

Gasteracantha janopol Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016030

Gasteracantha janopol Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 553, f. 340a-i (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha kuhli C. L. Koch, 1837 | | India to Japan, Philippines and Indonesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016031

Gasteracantha kuhlii C. L. Koch, 1837a: 20, f. 262 (Df) Original description

Plectana acuminata Walckenaer, 1841: 159 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065096]

Gasteracantha annulipes C. L. Koch, 1844: 52, f. 876 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065097]

Plectana leucomelas Doleschall, 1859: 42, pl. 11, f. 8 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065098]

Gasteracantha annamita Simon, 1886a: 148 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065099]

Gasteracantha leucomelaena Thorell, 1887: 231 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065100]

Gasteracantha leucomelas Simon, 1904b: 282, pl. 16, f. 3 (f)

Gasteracantha leucomelas Bösenberg & Strand, 1906: 239, pl. 3, f. 18, pl. 15, f. 395 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Dahl, 1914: 262 (S of Gasteracantha acuminata, G. annamita, G. annulipes, G. leucomelaena and G. leucomelas)

Gasteracantha nabona Chamberlin, 1924a: 22 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064210]

Gasteracantha leucomelas Sherriffs, 1934: 87, f. 2 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Fox, 1938b: 365 (S of Gasteracantha nabona)

Gasteracantha leucomelaena Saito, 1939: 10, f. 2(4) (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Nakatsudi, 1943a: 162, f. 11 (f)

Gasteracantha leucomelaena Saito, 1959: 112, f. 137a-d (f)

Gasteracantha leucomelaena Tikader, 1970: 40, f. 23a (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Tikader & Biswas, 1981: 34, f. 50-52 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Tikader, 1982a: 59, g. 119-122 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Hu, 1984: 114, f. 112.1-2 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Yaginuma, 1986a: 111, f. 58.4 (m)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Chikuni, 1989b: 83, f. 64 (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Feng, 1990: 83, f. 58.1-6 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Chen & Gao, 1990: 62, f. 75 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Chen & Zhang, 1991: 101, f. 95.1-4 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Zhao, 1993: 238, f. 111 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 559, f. 345a-f (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Zhao, 1995: 956, f. 450 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Yin et al., 1997d: 97, f. 26a-f (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 281, f. 168G-H, M, S-T (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Song, Zhu & Chen, 2001: 204, f. 122A-F (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Namkung, 2002: 289, f. 19.50a-b (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Kim & Kim, 2002: 207, f. 46, 127, 240-241 (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Kim & Cho, 2002: 267, f. 655-660 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Namkung, 2003: 291, f. 19.50a-b (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Kim & Park, 2007: 119, f. 1a-d (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Shin, 2007: 160, f. 10A-I (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Tanikawa, 2007c: 52, f. 61-63, 471-472 (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Tanikawa, 2009: 429, f. 55-56 (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 225, f. 161A-F (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Yin et al., 2012: 582, f. 280a-f (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhli Sato, 2012: 68, unnumbered f. (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Kim & Lee, 2012b: 74, f. 53A-D, pl. 13 (mf)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Sen et al., 2015: 108, f. 622-626, pl. 21 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhlii Roy, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 6, f. 7-12, 167 (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Tan et al., 2019a: 46, f. 1E, 8A-E (f)

Gasteracantha kuhli Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 38, f. 8A-D, 11J-L (f)

Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) | | Indonesia (Sumatra to New Guinea), Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016032

Epeira lepeletieri Guérin, 1825: 763 (Df, patronym for Lepelletier) Original description

Gasteracantha lepelletieri Guérin, 1838b: 52

Plectana lepelletieri Walckenaer, 1841: 156

Plectana praetextata Doleschall, 1859: 42, pl. 8, f. 4, pl. 11, f. 6 (f; misidentified per Simon, 1877c: 227)

Gasteracantha doleschalli Simon, 1877c: 227 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064905]

Actinacantha lepelletieri Simon, 1885a: 37

Gasteracantha praetextata helva Merian, 1911: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064906]

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) lepeletieri Dahl, 1914: 250 (S of Gasteracantha doleschalli)

Gasteracantha lepeletierii Roewer, 1942a: 944 (S of Gasteracantha praetextata helva)

Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838 | | Timor, Indonesia (Moluccas), New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016033

Gasteracantha lunata Guérin, 1838b: 55 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha ternatensis Thorell, 1881: 18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065586]

Gasteracantha bruijnii Thorell, 1881: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065587]

Gasteracantha bruijnii laeviuscula Thorell, 1881: 21 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065588]

Gasteracantha fragispina Keyserling, 1886a: 92, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065589]

Gasteracantha laeviuscula Strand, 1907k: 197 (elevated from subspecies of Gasteracantha bruijni)

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) lunata Dahl, 1914: 285 (S of Gasteracantha bruijnii, G. fragispina, G. laeviuscula and G. ternatensis)

Gasteracantha martensi Dahl, 1914 | | Indonesia (Sumatra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016034

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) martensi Dahl, 1914: 249, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha mediofusca (Doleschall, 1859) | | Indonesia (Java), New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016035

Plectana mediofusca Doleschall, 1859: 44, pl. 13, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha mediofusca Merian, 1911: 237

Gasteracantha mediofusca Chrysanthus, 1971: 47, f. 105-106 (f, removed from S of Gasteracantha cancriformis, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 258, sub G. mammosa)

Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864 | | Malaysia, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016036

Gasteracantha mengei Keyserling, 1864: 67, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Atelacantha malayensis Simon, 1864: 285, f. 130 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054568]

Gasteracantha (Atelacantha) mengii Butler, 1873a: 167

Gasteracantha malayensis van Hasselt, 1882: 13 (Df)

Gasteracantha mengei Dahl, 1914: 270, f. 10 (f, S of Gasteracantha malayensis)

Gasteracantha mengei Tan et al., 2019a: 46, f. 1I, 9A-F, 10A-B (f)

Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 | | Central African Rep., Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Eswatini urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016038

Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873a: 159, pl. 4, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha macrura Pocock, 1898e: 438, pl. 13, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064204]

Paurotylus depressus Tullgren, 1910: 171, pl. 4, f. 125 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064201]

Gasteracantha milvoides Benoit, 1962a: 59 (removed from S of Gasteracantha versicolor [rejecting Dahl, 1914: 279], S of G. macrura [removed from S of G. sanguinolenta, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 278])

Paurotylus depressus Benoit, 1962d: 371, f. 1-3 (m)

Gasteracantha milvoides Emerit, 1973: 685, f. 5B, pl. IIc (m)

Gasteracantha milvoides Emerit, 1974: 107, f. 46A-C (f)

Gasteracantha milvoides Benoit & Emerit, 1975: 328, f. 13-14 (m)

Gasteracantha milvoides Emerit, 1982c: 458, pl. 1, f. C, E (m, S of Paurotylus depressus, removed from S of Aetrocantha falkensteini, rejecting Benoit, 1964a: 47)

Gasteracantha milvoides Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 7, p. 5: 1 f., p. 7: 5 f. (f habitus)

Gasteracantha notata Kulczyński, 1910 | | Papua New Guinea (New Britain) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016039

Gasteracantha notata Kulczyński, 1910: 398, pl. 17, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873 | | Myanmar to Philippines, Indonesia (Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016040

Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873a: 162, pl. 4, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha panisicca Dahl, 1914: 287 (doubtful S of Gasteracantha diadesmia, accepted by Roewer, revalidated by Tikader, 1970: 40)

Gasteracantha panisicea Kolosváry, 1931: 1063, pl. 30, f. 2 (f)

Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016041

Gasteracantha parangdiadesmia Barrion & Litsinger, 1995: 555, f. 342a-e (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland, New Britain, Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016042

Plectana pentagona Walckenaer, 1841: 168 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha pentagona L. Koch, 1871: 9, pl. 1, f. 6 (f)

Gasteracantha (Stanneoclavis) pentagona Butler, 1873a: 173

Stanneoclavis studeri Karsch, 1878c: 799 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064892]

Gasteracantha strasseni Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064893]

Gasteracantha mahurica Strand, 1913d: 118 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064894]

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) pentagona Dahl, 1914: 248 (S of Gasteracantha mahurica, G. strasseni and G. studeri)

Gasteracantha strasseni Strand, 1915d: 229, pl. 14, f. 25-26, pl. 17, f. 72 (f)

Gasteracantha strasseni anirica Strand, 1915d: 230 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016043]

Gasteracantha pentagona Chrysanthus, 1971: 45, f. 97-100 (mf)

Gasteracantha pentagona Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (S of Gasteracantha pentagona anirica)

Gasteracantha picta (Thorell, 1893) | j | Singapore urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016044

Bunocrania picta Thorell, 1893: 251 (Dj) Original description

Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 | | Papua New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016045

Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 281, pl. 26, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha papuana Thorell, 1881: 15 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065590]

Gasteracantha quadrispina Lamb, 1911: 171, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065591]

Gasteracantha (Atelacantha) wolfi Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065592]

Gasteracantha (Atelacantha) quadrispinosa Dahl, 1914: 270 (S of Gasteracantha papuana, G. quadrispina and G. wolfi)

Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Chrysanthus, 1971: 48, f. 107-108 (f)

Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016046

Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877b: 70, pl. 3, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1895a: 839, f. 890 (f)

Gasteracantha regalis Butler, 1873 | | Vanuatu urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016047

Gasteracantha regalis Butler, 1873a: 156, pl. 4, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha remifera Butler, 1873 | | India, Sri Lanka urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016048

Gasteracantha (Tatacantha) remifera Butler, 1873a: 154, pl. 4, f. 5 (Df) Original description

Plectana clavatrix Karsch, 1892: 277 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 244)

Gasteracantha remifera Pocock, 1900a: 233, f. 78 (f)

Gasteracantha remifera Dahl, 1914: 244

Gasteracantha remifera Tikader, 1982a: 65, f. 131-134 (f)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838 | | Mauritius urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016049

Gasteracantha rhomboidea Guérin, 1838b: 54 (Df) Original description

Plectana mauricia Walckenaer, 1841: 155 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065593]

Gasteracantha mauritia Vinson, 1863: 239, 315

Gasteracantha peccans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 293, pl. 26, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065594]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) rhomboidea Dahl, 1914: 287 (S of Gasteracantha mauricia and G. peccans)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea Emerit, 1974: 97, f. 27D, 39, 40A-C (f)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis Strand, 1916 | | Comoros, Mayotte urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016050

Gasteracantha comorensis Strand, 1916d: 117 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis Emerit, 1974: 95, f. 38A-B (f, removed from S of Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis [rejecting Benoit, 1964a: 50], reduced to subspecies)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea comorensis Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016051

Gasteracantha madagascariensis Vinson, 1863: 242, 315, pl. 9, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha madagascariensis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 285, pl. 26, f. 10 (f)

Gasteracantha sepulchralis Simon, 1881e: 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064214]

Gasteracantha nigripes Simon, 1881e: 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064211]

Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Benoit, 1964a: 50 (removed from S of Gasteracantha sanguinolenta [rejecting Dahl, 1914: 278], placed as subspecies, S of G. comorensis [revalidated by Emerit, 1974: 95, sub G. rhomboidea comorensis], G. nigripes, G. rufithorax [revalidated by Emerit, 1974: 97] and G. sepulchralis)

Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Emerit, 1974: 91, f. 27C, 28C, 36, 37A-E (f, Dm)

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838 | | Thailand, Indonesia (Lombok, Sulawesi, Moluccas), New Caledonia, Guam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016052

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838b: 53 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha butleri Thorell, 1877b: 350 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065595]

Gasteracantha circumnotata Simon, 1877c: 229 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065596]

Gasteracantha simoni Keyserling, 1886a: 90, pl. 7, f. 2 (Df; preoccupied by O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879, see Gasteracantha simoni) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065597]

Gasteracantha eurygaster Thorell, 1890a: 25 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065598]

Gasteracantha circumnotata Pocock, 1897c: 603, pl. 25, f. 2 (f)

Gasteracantha butleri elberti Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065599]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) rubrospinis Dahl, 1914: 282 (S of Gasteracantha butleri, G. butleri elberti, G. circumnotata, G. eurygaster and G. simoni Keyserling)

Gasteracantha butleri elberti Strand, 1915d: 230, pl. 17, f. 73 (f)

Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016053

Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881e: 2 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha rufithorax Emerit, 1974: 97, f. 38B, 41B (f, removed from S of Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis, rejecting Benoit, 1964a: 50)

Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872 | | Indonesia (New Guinea), Australia (Queensland), New Caledonia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016054

Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872a: 198, pl. 18, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sylvestris Simon, 1877c: 234, pl. 3, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064904]

Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Thorell, 1881: 28

Gasteracantha sacerdotalis Dahl, 1914: 262 (S of Gasteracantha sylvestris)

Gasteracantha sanguinea Dahl, 1914 | | Philippines urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016055

Gasteracantha sanguinea Dahl, 1914: 245, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 | | Africa, St. Helena, Seychelles, Yemen (incl. Socotra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016056

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844: 51, f. 875 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha ensifera Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065125]

Gasteracantha ornata Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065126]

Gasteracantha lepida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871c: 821, pl. 50, f. 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065127]

Gasteracantha radiata Gerstaecker, 1873: 488 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065128]

Gasteracantha impotens Gerstaecker, 1873: 491 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064203]

Gasteracantha nana Butler, 1873a: 161, pl. 4, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065148]

Gasteracantha vittata Keyserling, 1877b: 85, pl. 3, f. 1 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 278)

Gasteracantha molesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 286, pl. 27, f. 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065124]

Gasteracantha importuna O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 286, pl. 26, f. 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064202]

Gasteracantha formosa confluxa Karsch, 1884a: 68 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065150]

Gasteracantha schweinfurthi Simon, 1890a: 100 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065151]

Gasteracantha sodalis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1898b: 388, pl. 31, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064217]

Gasteracantha spenceri Pocock, 1900e: 324 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065152]

Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907a: 537 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065153]

Gasteracantha abyssinica Strand, 1907n: 644 (f)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Dahl, 1914: 278 (S of Gasteracantha abyssinica, G. ensifera, G. formosa confluxa, G. lepida, G. macrura [rejected by Benoit, 1962a: 59, see G. milvoides], G. madagascariensis [revalidated by Benoit, 1964a: 50, sub G. rhomboidea madagascariensis], G. nana, G. ornata, G. schweinfurthi, G. spenceri and G. radiata)

Gasteracantha occidentalis Dahl, 1914: 283, f. 20 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064212]

Gasteracantha importuna Dahl, 1914: 298 (S of Gasteracantha molesta)

Gasteracantha occidentalis Archer, 1951d: 2, f. 2 (f)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit, 1962a: 63, f. 42 (f, S of Gasteracantha importuna, G. impotens [removed from S of G. versicolor, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 279], and G. occidentalis)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit, 1964a: 50 (S of Gasteracantha sodalis)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Wiehle, 1967b: 193, f. 36 (f)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Emerit, 1974: 77, f. 27B, 30A-C (f)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Benoit & Emerit, 1975: 329, f. 9-10 (Dm)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 8, 4 f. (f habitus)

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta andrefanae Emerit, 1974 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016057

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta andrefanae Emerit, 1974: 83, f. 33A-C (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta bigoti Emerit, 1974 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016058

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta bigoti Emerit, 1974: 84, f. 28E, 34, 35A-C (Dmf) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta emeriti Roberts, 1983 | | Seychelles (Aldabra) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016059

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta emeriti Roberts, 1983: 286, f. 225-234 (Dmf) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta insulicola Emerit, 1974 | | Seychelles urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016060

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta insulicola Emerit, 1974: 81, f. 32C (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta legendrei Emerit, 1974 | | Europa Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016061

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta legendrei Emerit, 1974: 89, f. 32B (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta mangrovae Emerit, 1974 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016062

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta mangrovae Emerit, 1974: 87, f. 28D, 32A (Dmf) Original description

Gasteracantha sapperi Dahl, 1914 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016064

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) sapperi Dahl, 1914: 249, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914 | | China, Taiwan, Vietnam urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016065

Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914: 281, f. 14 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sauteri Kayashima, 1943b: 4, pl. 4 (f)

Gasteracantha sauteri Feng, 1990: 85, f. 60.1-5 (f)

Gasteracantha sauteri Yin et al., 1997d: 100, f. 28a-c (f)

Gasteracantha sauteri Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 282, f. 168I-J, N, 169A (f)

Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016066

Gasteracantha scintillans Butler, 1873a: 156, pl. 4, f. 9 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha scintillans concolor Rainbow, 1913: 12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064213]

Gasteracantha scintillans Chrysanthus, 1971: 45, f. 101-103 (f, S of Gasteracantha scintillans concolor)

Gasteracantha signifera Pocock, 1898 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016067

Gasteracantha mollusca Keyserling, 1886a: 88, pl. 7, f. 1 (f; misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 281)

Gasteracantha signifer Pocock, 1898b: 465, pl. 19, f. 6 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) signifer Dahl, 1914: 281

Gasteracantha signifera Chrysanthus, 1971: 49, f. 109-111 (f)

Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Strand, 1911 | | Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016068

Gasteracantha signifer bistrigella Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Strand, 1915d: 236, pl. 20, f. 80 (f)

Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha signifera heterospina Strand, 1915 | | Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016069

Gasteracantha signifera heterospinis Strand, 1915d: 236 (Df; invalid provisional name) Original description

Gasteracantha signifera heterospina Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Strand, 1911 | | Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016070

Gasteracantha signifer pustulinota Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Strand, 1915d: 236, pl. 20, f. 84 (f)

Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 | | Central Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016071

Gasteracantha simoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 289, pl. 27, f. 18 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha connata Simon, 1895a: 843 (misidentified per Dahl, 1914: 252)

Gasteracantha (Togacantha) simoni Dahl, 1914: 252 (S of Gasteracantha nordviei, revalidated by Benoit, 1962a: 16, f f. 6 see Togacantha nordviei)

Gasteracantha sororna Butler, 1873 | | India urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016072

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) sororna Butler, 1873a: 155, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha sturi (Doleschall, 1857) | | Laos, Indonesia (Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Moluccas) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016073

Plectana sturii Doleschall, 1857: 424 (Df) Original description

Plectana centrum Doleschall, 1857: 425 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065600]

Plectana sturi Doleschall, 1859: pl. 8, f. 1 (f)

Gasteracantha sturi Thorell, 1878b: 9, 294

Gasteracantha nigristernis Simon, 1899a: 92 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065601]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) sturii Dahl, 1914: 284 (S of Gasteracantha centrum and G. nigristernis)

Gasteracantha sturi Kolosváry, 1931: 1068, pl. 30, f. 3 (f)

Gasteracantha subaequispina Dahl, 1914 | | Papua New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016074

Gasteracantha subaequispina Dahl, 1914: 278, f. 19 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) | | India to Polynesia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016075

Plectana taeniata Walckenaer, 1841: 169 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha violenta L. Koch, 1871: 5, pl. 1, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064897]

Gasteracantha taeniata L. Koch, 1871: 10

Gasteracantha hebridisia Butler, 1873a: 165 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064898]

Gasteracantha albiventer Butler, 1873a: 166, pl. 4, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064899]

Gasteracantha relegata Simon, 1877c: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064900]

Gasteracantha albertisii Thorell, 1881: 2 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064901]

Gasteracantha wallacei Thorell, 1881: 13 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064902]

Gasteracantha karschii Thorell, 1887: 230 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064903]

Gasteracantha bradleyi trivittinota Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016086]

Gasteracantha bradleyi univittinota Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016087]

Gasteracantha taeniata maculella Strand, 1911d: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016081]

Gasteracantha taeniata Dahl, 1914: 287 (S of Gasteracantha albertisi, G. albiventer, G. hebridisia, G. karschi, G. relegata, G. violenta and G. wallacei)

Gasteracantha taeniata bawensis Strand, 1915d: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016078]

Gasteracantha taeniata jamurensis Strand, 1915d: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016079]

Gasteracantha taeniata obsoletopicta Strand, 1915d: 235, pl. 18, f. 75 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016083]

Gasteracantha taeniata oinokensis Strand, 1915d: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016084]

Gasteracantha taeniata sentanensis Strand, 1915d: 235 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016085]

Gasteracantha bradleyi trivittinota Strand, 1915d: 234, pl. 17, f. 74, pl. 18, f. 83 (f)

Gasteracantha taeniata Chrysanthus, 1959: 202, f. 5, 14, 27 (f)

Gasteracantha taeniata Chrysanthus, 1960: 23, f. 7-8 (Dm)

Gasteracantha taeniata Nentwig et al., 2019: 36, 37 (S of Gasteracantha taeniata bawensis, G. taeniata jamurensis, G. taeniata maculella, G. taeniata obsoletopicta, G. taeniata oinokensis, G. taeniata sentanensis, G. taeniata trivittinota and G. taeniata univittinota)

Gasteracantha taeniata analispina Strand, 1911 | | New Guinea urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016076

Gasteracantha analispina Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha analispina Strand, 1915d: 232, pl. 18, f. 81 (f)

Gasteracantha taeniata analispina Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis Strand, 1911 | | Papua New Guinea (New Ireland) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016077

Gasteracantha analispina anirensis Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha analispina anirensis Strand, 1915d: 233, pl. 18, f. 78 (f)

Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (subspecies inquirenda)

Gasteracantha taeniata lugubris Simon, 1898 | | Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016080

Gasteracantha hebridisia lugubris Simon, 1898b: 274 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha taeniata novahannoveriana Dahl, 1914 | | Papua New Guinea (Bismarck Arch.) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016082

Gasteracantha taeniata nova-hannoveriana Dahl, 1914: 288, f. 21 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 | | Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Is. urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016088

Gasteracantha theisii Guérin, 1838b: 54 (Df) Original description

Plectana praetextata Walckenaer, 1841: 166 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064208]

Gasteracantha aruana Thorell, 1881: 40 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064209]

Actinacantha metallica Pocock, 1898b: 465, pl. 19, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016037]

Gasteracantha metallica Kulczyński, 1910: 398

Gasteracantha theisi quadrisignatella Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016091]

Gasteracantha aruana antemaculata Strand, 1911d: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016089]

Gasteracantha aruana keyana Strand, 1911d: 154 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016090]

Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) theisi Dahl, 1914: 249 (S of Gasteracantha arauana, G. arauana antemaculata, G. arauana keyana, G. metallica, G. praetextata and G. theisi quadrisignatella)

Gasteracantha theisi Strand, 1915d: 228, pl. 18, f. 77 (f)

Gasteracantha theisi Chrysanthus, 1959: 203, f. 12, 15-18, 20-23 (mf)

Gasteracantha theisi Scharff & Coddington, 1997: 374, f. 17 (m)

Gasteracantha theisi Nentwig et al., 2019: 36, 37 (S of Gasteracantha theisi antemaculata, G. theisi keyana and G. theisi quadrisignatella confirmed)

Gasteracantha thomasinsulae Archer, 1951 | | São Tomé and Príncipe urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016092

Gasteracantha thomasinsulae Archer, 1951d: 1, f. 1 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha thorelli Keyserling, 1864 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016093

Gasteracantha thorellii Keyserling, 1864: 67, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha formosa thorelli Strand, 1907n: 642

Gasteracantha thorelli Dahl, 1914: 276

Gasteracantha thorelli Emerit, 1974: 111, f. 28B, 48C, 50, 51A-C (f, Dm)

Gasteracantha tondanae Pocock, 1897 | | Indonesia (Sulawesi) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016094

Gasteracantha tondanae Pocock, 1897c: 604, pl. 25, f. 3 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837 | | Indonesia (Sumatra, Java) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016095

Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837a: 14, f. 259 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha nebulosa Butler, 1873a: 164 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065553]

Gasteracantha vittata longicornis Strand, 1907m: 422 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065554]

Gasteracantha transversa Dahl, 1914: 280 (S of Gasteracantha nebulosa and G. vittata longicornis)

Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889 | | India, China urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016096

Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889i: 336 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha unguifera Tikader, 1970: 38, f. 23e-f (f)

Gasteracantha unguifera Tikader, 1982a: 57, f. 115-118 (f)

Gasteracantha unguifera Mi & Peng, 2013b: 797, f. 6-15 (f, Dm)

Gasteracantha versicolor (Walckenaer, 1841) | | Central, East, Southern Africa urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016097

Plectana versicolor Walckenaer, 1841: 161 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha scapha Gerstaecker, 1873: 487 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064207]

Gasteracantha versicolor Dahl, 1914: 279 (S of Gasteracantha formosa [revalidated by Emerit, 1974: 109, see G. versicolor formosa], G. impotens [rejected by Benoit, 1962a: 63, see G. sanguinolenta], G. milvoides [revalidated by Benoit, 1962a: 59] and G. scapha)

Gasteracantha versicolor nigristerna Caporiacco, 1941b: 88 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064218]

Gasteracantha versicolor Benoit, 1962a: 61, f. 40 (f, S of Gasteracantha versicolor nigristerna)

Gasteracantha versicolor Emerit, 1968: 898, f. 1-3 (mf)

Gasteracantha versicolor Emerit, 1973: 686, f. 5A. pl. IIA-B (Dm)

Gasteracantha versicolor Emerit, 1974: 103, f. 28F, 47A-B (mf)

Gasteracantha versicolor Benoit & Emerit, 1975: 330, f. 11-12 (m)

Gasteracantha versicolor Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 9, p. 5: 1 f., p. 9: 5 f., p. 10: 2 f. (f habitus)

Gasteracantha versicolor avaratrae Emerit, 1974 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016098

Gasteracantha versicolor avaratrae Emerit, 1974: 109, f. 48A, 49A-C (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha versicolor formosa Vinson, 1863 | | Madagascar urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016099

Gasteracantha formosa Vinson, 1863: 244, 315, pl. 9, f. 7 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha formosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 285, pl. 26, f. 11 (f)

Gasteracantha versicolor formosa Emerit, 1974: 109, f. 2A-C, 27A, 28A, 29, 45A-E, 48B (Dm, f, removed from S of Gasteracantha versicolor, rejecting Dahl, 1914: 279, placed as subspecies)

Gasteracantha westringi Keyserling, 1864 | | Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Australia urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016100

Gasteracantha westringii Keyserling, 1864: 66, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df) Original description

Gasteracantha laeta Fauvel, 1865: 68, pl. 1, f. 18 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065602]

Gasteracantha westringi L. Koch, 1871: 7, pl. 1, f. 4 (f)

Gasteracantha mollusca L. Koch, 1871: 7, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065603]

Gasteracantha ocillatum Urquhart, 1889b: 152, pl. 7, f. 1-3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065604]

Gasteracantha wogeonis Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:065605]

Gasteracantha (Pachypleuracantha) westringii Dahl, 1914: 281 (S of Gasteracantha laeta, G. mollusca, G. ocillatum and G. wogeonis)

Gasteracantha wogeonis Strand, 1915d: 231, pl. 18, f. 82 (f)