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), Aetrocantha falkensteini
Gasteracantha milvoides Butler, 1873 (Araneidae) 47, (S, rejected), Aetrocantha galatea
Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Araneidae) 49, (S), 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 f from S of G. sanguinolenta, placed as subspecies, S G. comorensis, rejected), Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis
Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881 (Araneidae) 50, (S, rejected), Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis
Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Araneidae) 50, (S), Gasteracantha sanguinolenta
Madacantha nossibeana (Strand, 1916) (Araneidae) 50, (S, rejected), Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis

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