In synonymy:
Spencerella Pocock, 1898 = Chiasmopes Pavesi, 1883 (Blandin, 1974a: 311)

type Chiasmopes comatus Pavesi, 1883; gender masculine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Spencerella Pocock, 1898c: 215 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:04177] (type S. lineata Pocock, 1898) by Blandin, 1974a: 311.

In synonymy:
Chiasmopes sexmaculatus (Lessert, 1916) = Chiasmopes lineatus (Pocock, 1898) (Blandin, 1977c: 544).

Nomen dubium:
Chiasmopes comatus Pavesi, 1883: 79 (mf, Ethiopia)* -- Blandin, 1977c: 544, N.B.: type species of the genus; lectotype is juvenile.

Maypacius hystrix Berland, 1922: 77, f. 20 (Df).
Spencerella hystrix Roewer, 1955c: 123.
Chiasmopes hystrix Blandin, 1974a: 314, f. 10 (f).
Chiasmopes hystrix Blandin, 1977c: 545, f. 9 (f).
Chiasmopes hystrix Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 15, 2 f. (f).

Spencerella lineata Pocock, 1898c: 215, pl. 8, f. 17 (Dm).
Spencerella lineata Pocock, 1902a: 17, pl. 3, f. 5.
Spencerella lineata Lessert, 1916: 572, f. 7-10 (m, Df).
Spencerella lineata sexmaculata Lessert, 1916: 575 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:062909].
Spencerella lineata Lawrence, 1938a: 514, f. 34 (f).
Spencerella sexmaculata Roewer, 1955b: 162, f. 67a-e (mf, elevated from subspecies of Spencerella lineata).
Chiasmopes lineatus Blandin, 1977c: 544, f. 1-3, 5-7, 29 (mf, S of Chiasmopes sexmaculatus).
Chiasmopes lineatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 16, p. 14: 3 f., p. 16: 10 f. (mf).

Spencerella namaquensis Roewer, 1955b: 166, f. 68a-c (Df).
Chiasmopes namaquensis Blandin, 1977c: 545, f. 4, 8 (f).
Chiasmopes namaquensis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 17, p. 14: 1 f., p. 17: 2 f. (f).

Spencerella signata Pocock, 1902a: 17, pl. 3, f. 4 (Df).
Chiasmopes signatus Blandin, 1974a: 314, f. 9, 15 (f, Dm).
Chiasmopes signatus Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2020q: 18, p. 14: 1 f., p. 18: 5 f. (mf).