Taxa included

Benoit, P. L. G. (1964a). Nouvelle contribution à la connaissance des Araneidae-Gasteracanthinae d'Afrique et de Madagascar (Araneae). Publicações Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola 69: 41-52.

Taxon
Aetrocantha falkensteini Karsch, 1879 (Araneidae) 47, (S of Isoxya galeata and Paurotylus depressus [rejected by Emerit, 1982c: 458, see Gasteracantha milvoides]), Aetrocantha falkensteini
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Araneidae) 49, (S of Gasteracantha mammosa), Gasteracantha cancriformis
Thelacantha brevispina (Doleschall, 1857) (Araneidae) 49, (removed from S of Gasteracantha mammosa per Roewer), Thelacantha brevispina
Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 (Araneidae) 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. nigripesG. rufithorax [revalidated by Emerit, 1974: 97] and G. sepulchralis), Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Araneidae) 50, (S of Gasteracantha sodalis), Gasteracantha sanguinolenta
Madacantha nossibeana (Strand, 1916) (Araneidae) 50, (S, rejected), Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis

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