In synonymy:
Atelacantha Simon, 1864 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Simon, 1895a: 845)
Bunocrania Thorell, 1878 = Gasteracantha Sundevall, 1833 (Levi, 1996b: 140)
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)

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 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).

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 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 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 hildebrandti (Karsch, 1878) -- see Isoxya
Gasteracantha horrens Thorell, 1859 -- see Macracantha
Gasteracantha kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910 -- see Isoxya
Gasteracantha linnaei (Walckenaer, 1841) -- see Acrosomoides
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 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 cancriformis unicolor Taczanowski, 1879 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1978a: 438).
Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel, 1863 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263).
Gasteracantha comstocki Mello-Leitão, 1917 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Levi, 1996b: 142).
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 elliptica Gétaz, 1893 = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263).
Gasteracantha ensifera Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278).
Gasteracantha formosa confluxa Karsch, 1884 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278).
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 hebridisia Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287).
Gasteracantha hexacantha (Fabricius, 1787) = Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus, 1758) (Dahl, 1914: 263).
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 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 metallica (Pocock, 1898) = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249).
Gasteracantha minahassae Merian, 1911 = Gasteracantha irradiata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 284).
Gasteracantha molesta O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 298, sub Gasteracantha importuna).
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 nigripes Simon, 1881 = Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Vinson, 1863 (Benoit, 1964a: 50).
Gasteracantha nigrisparsa Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863 (Dahl, 1914: 244).
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 ornata Thorell, 1859 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278).
Gasteracantha pavesi O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879 = Gasteracantha diardi (Lucas, 1835) (Dahl, 1914: 285).
Gasteracantha pentagona anirica Strand, 1915 = Gasteracantha pentagona (Walckenaer, 1841) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 37).
Gasteracantha praetextata (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha theisi Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 249).
Gasteracantha praetextata helva Merian, 1911 = Gasteracantha lepelletieri (Guérin, 1825) (Roewer, 1942a: 944).
Gasteracantha pseudoflava Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284).
Gasteracantha radiata Gerstaecker, 1873 = Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844 (Dahl, 1914: 278).
Gasteracantha relegata Simon, 1877 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287).
Gasteracantha retracta Butler, 1873 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266).
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 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 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 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 transversalis (Walckenaer, 1841) = Gasteracantha audouini Guérin, 1838 (Dahl, 1914: 284).
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 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 walckenaeri Lucas, 1858 = Gasteracantha curvispina (Guérin, 1837) (Dahl, 1914: 266).
Gasteracantha wallacei Thorell, 1881 = Gasteracantha taeniata (Walckenaer, 1841) (Dahl, 1914: 287).

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.

Actinacantha aciculata Pocock, 1898j: 107, pl. 10, f. 5 (Df).
Gasteracantha (Actinacantha) aciculata Dahl, 1914: 248.

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

Gasteracantha audouinii Guérin, 1838b: 55 (Df).
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 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 audouini Dahl, 1914: 284 (S of Gasteracantha bleekeri, G. bleekeri retrorsa, G. pseudoflava and G. transversalis).

Gasteracantha aureola Mi & Peng, 2013b: 795, f. 1-5 (Df).
Gasteracantha aureola Alviola, Mohagan & Janicki, 2021: 12, f. 1a, 2a-b (f).

Gasteracantha beccarii Thorell, 1877b: 347 (Df).
Plectana beccarii Thorell, 1890a: 68.
Gasteracantha beccarii Dahl, 1914: 245.

Bunocrania biloba Thorell, 1878b: 25 (Dj).
Bunocrania biloba Thorell, 1898: 374 (Dm).
Gasteracantha biloba Levi, 1996b: 140 (T from Bunocrania).

Aranea cancriformis Linnaeus, 1758: 624 (Df).
Aranea tetracantha Linnaeus, 1767: 1037 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:057031].
Aranea conchata Slabber, 1769: 3 (D).
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.
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).
Plectana cancriformis Walckenaer, 1841: 151.
Plectana velitaris Walckenaer, 1841: 152.
Plectana hexacantha Walckenaer, 1841: 152.
Plectana elipsoides Walckenaer, 1841: 155 (Df).
Plectana quinqueserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 157 (Df).
Plectana sexserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 157 (Df).
Plectana triserrata Walckenaer, 1841: 158 (Df).
Plectana servillei Walckenaer, 1841: 159.
Plectana lata Walckenaer, 1841: 165 (Df).
Plectana atlantica Walckenaer, 1841: 167 (Df).
Gasteracantha rubiginosa C. L. Koch, 1844: 55, f. 878 (Df).
Gasteracantha picea C. L. Koch, 1844: 61, f. 882 (Df).
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).
Gasteracantha pallida C. L. Koch, 1844: 60, f. 881 (Df).
Epeira cancer Hentz, 1850: 23, pl. 3, f. 13 (Df).
Gasteracantha moesta Thorell, 1859: 301 (Dj).
Gasteracantha insulana Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:063479].
Gasteracantha hilaris Thorell, 1859: 302 (Df).
Gasteracantha columbiae Giebel, 1863: 312 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:055201].
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).
Gasteracantha insulana Butler, 1877: 76, pl. 13, f. 1 (f).
Gasteracantha raimondii Taczanowski, 1879: 106, pl. 1, f. 25-26 (Df).
Gasteracantha raimondii unicolor Taczanowski, 1879: 107 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:064197].
Gasteracantha proboscidea Taczanowski, 1879: 108, pl. 1, f. 27 (Df).
Gasteracantha canestrinii O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 282, pl. 26, f. 2 (Dj).
Gasteracantha callida O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 7 (Df).
Gasteracantha rufospinosa Marx, 1886: 25, f. a-f (Df).
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).
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).
Gasteracantha cancriformis F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1901b: 329, pl. 7, f. 11 (f).
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 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).
Gasteracantha cancriformis Dahl, 1914: 263 (S of Gasteracantha columbiae, G. elliptica and G. hexacantha).
Gasteracantha servillei Dahl, 1914: 264 (S of Gasteracantha insulana and G. kochi).
Gasteracantha tetracantha Dahl, 1914: 265.
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).
Gasteracantha cancriformis Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 249, f. 103 (mf).
Gasteracantha tetracantha Petrunkevitch, 1930a: 253, f. 104-107 (f, Dm).
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, 1941b: 24, pl. 4, f. 6 (Dmf).
Gasteracantha cancriformis gertschi Brignoli, 1983c: 245 (probably not valid).

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

Plectana clavatrix Walckenaer, 1841: 186 (Df).
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 clavatrix Dahl, 1914: 244.

Gasteracantha clavigera Giebel, 1863: 307 (Df).
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: 138, pl. 1, f. 1 (Df).
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).

Epeira curvispina Guérin, 1837: 8, pl. 2, f. 8 (Df).
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].
Anchacantha curvispina Butler, 1873a: 157 (type of this new subgenus of Gasteracantha).
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: 245, f. 16 (Df).

Gasteracantha dalyi Pocock, 1900a: 232 (Df).
Gasteracantha dalyi Tikader, 1982a: 67, f. 135-138 (f).

Gasteracantha diadesmia Thorell, 1887: 225 (Df).
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).

Epeira diardi Lucas, 1835: 70, pl. 149, f. 4 (Df).
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, 1877c: 232, pl. 3, f. 3 (Df).
Gasteracantha harpax O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 9 (Df).
Gasteracantha doriae Workman & Workman, 1892: 7, pl. 7 (f).
Gasteracantha kulczynskii Strand, 1906d: 266 (Df).
Gasteracantha fornicata hundeshageni Strand, 1907k: 195 (Df).
Gasteracantha doriae Dahl, 1914: 277.
Gasteracantha doriae Macharoenboon, Siriwut & Jeratthitikul, 2021: 35, f. 7A-C, 11G-I (f).

Gasteracantha toxotes Gerstaecker, 1873: 489 (Df).
Gasteracantha resupinata Gerstaecker, 1873: 490, pl. 18, f. 8 (Df).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Butler, 1873a: 158, pl. 4, f. 10 (Df).
Gasteracantha petersii Karsch, 1878a: 322, pl. 1, f. 6 (Df).
Gasteracantha falciformis Simon, 1895a: 840 (lapsus).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Dahl, 1914: 276.
Gasteracantha falcicornis Emerit, 1974: 107, f. 46D-F (f).
Gasteracantha falcicornis Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022e: 6, 4 f. (f habitus).

Gasteracantha fasciata Guérin, 1838b: 53 (Df).
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: 476 (Df).

Aranea fornicata Fabricius, 1775: 435 (Df).
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 frontata Blackwall, 1864b: 40 (Df).
Gasteracantha frontata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 283, pl. 26, f. 5 (f).
Gasteracantha flebilis O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 284, pl. 26, f. 8 (Df).
Gasteracantha frontata Dahl, 1914: 283.

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

Aranea geminata Fabricius, 1798: 292 (Df).
Gasteracantha geminata C. L. Koch, 1837a: 16, f. 260 (f).
Plectana geminata Walckenaer, 1841: 158.
Gasteracantha connata Butler, 1873a: 168 (Df).
Gasteracantha rimata O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 282, pl. 26, f. 3 (Df).
Gasteracantha geminata Simon, 1895a: 836, f. 883-887 (f, Dm).
Gasteracantha geminata Pocock, 1900a: 233, f. 79 (f).
Gasteracantha geminata Dahl, 1914: 267, f. 11 (f).
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).

Plectana hecata Walckenaer, 1841: 168 (Df).
Gasteracantha falcifera C. L. Koch, 1844: 62, f. 883 (Df).
Gasteracantha hecata Dahl, 1914: 270.

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

Plectana irradiata Walckenaer, 1841: 170 (Df).
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: 553, f. 340a-i (Df).

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

Epeira lepeletieri Guérin, 1825: 763 (Df, patronym for Lepelletier).
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, 1838b: 55 (Df).
Gasteracantha ternatensis Thorell, 1881: 18 (Df).
Gasteracantha bruijnii Thorell, 1881: 21 (Df).
Gasteracantha bruijnii laeviuscula Thorell, 1881: 21 (Df).
Gasteracantha fragispina Keyserling, 1886a: 92, pl. 7, f. 3 (Df).
Gasteracantha laeviuscula Strand, 1907k: 197 (elevated from subspecies of Gasteracantha bruijni).
Gasteracantha lunata Dahl, 1914: 285 (S of Gasteracantha bruijnii, G. fragispina, G. laeviuscula and G. ternatensis).

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

Plectana mediofusca Doleschall, 1859: 44, pl. 13, f. 9 (Df).
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: 67, pl. 1, f. 5 (Df).
Atelacantha malayensis Simon, 1864: 285 (D) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054568].
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, 1873a: 159, pl. 4, f. 2 (Df).
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: 398, pl. 17, f. 10 (Df).

Gasteracantha panisicca Butler, 1873a: 162, pl. 4, f. 14 (Df).
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: 555, f. 342a-e (Df).

Plectana pentagona Walckenaer, 1841: 168 (Df).
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).

Bunocrania picta Thorell, 1893: 251 (Dj).

Gasteracantha quadrispinosa O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 281, pl. 26, f. 1 (Df).
Gasteracantha papuana Thorell, 1881: 15 (Df).
Gasteracantha quadrispina Lamb, 1911: 171, f. 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha wolfi Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df).
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Dahl, 1914: 270.
Gasteracantha quadrispinosa Chrysanthus, 1971: 48, f. 107-108 (f).

Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1877b: 70, pl. 3, f. 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha recurva Simon, 1895a: 839, f. 890 (f).

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

Gasteracantha (Tatacantha) remifera Butler, 1873a: 154, pl. 4, f. 5 (Df).
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, 1838b: 54 (Df).
Plectana mauricia Walckenaer, 1841: 155 (Df).
Gasteracantha mauritia Vinson, 1863: 239, 315.
Gasteracantha peccans O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 293, pl. 26, f. 6 (Df).
Gasteracantha rhomboidea Dahl, 1914: 287.
Gasteracantha rhomboidea Emerit, 1974: 97, f. 27D, 39, 40A-C (f).

Gasteracantha comorensis Strand, 1916d: 117 (Df).
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 madagascariensis Vinson, 1863: 242, 315, pl. 9, f. 6 (Df).
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 and G. sepulchralis).
Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Emerit, 1974: 91, f. 27C, 28C, 36, 37A-E (f, Dm).

Gasteracantha rubrospinis Guérin, 1838b: 53 (Df).
Gasteracantha butleri Thorell, 1877b: 350 (Df).
Gasteracantha circumnotata Simon, 1877c: 229 (Df).
Gasteracantha simoni Keyserling, 1886a: 90, pl. 7, f. 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha eurygaster Thorell, 1890a: 25 (Df).
Gasteracantha circumnotata Pocock, 1897c: 603, pl. 25, f. 2 (f).
Gasteracantha butleri elberti Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df).
Gasteracantha rubrospinis Dahl, 1914: 282 (S all names above).
Gasteracantha butleri elberti Strand, 1915d: 230, pl. 17, f. 73 (f).

Gasteracantha rufithorax Simon, 1881e: 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha rhomboidea madagascariensis Benoit, 1964a: 50 (S, rejected).
Gasteracantha rufithorax Emerit, 1974: 97, f. 38B, 41B (f, removed from S).

Gasteracantha sacerdotalis L. Koch, 1872a: 198, pl. 18, f. 1 (Df).
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: 245, f. 2 (Df).

Gasteracantha sanguinolenta C. L. Koch, 1844: 51, f. 875 (Df).
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: 83, f. 33A-C (Df).

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gasteracantha sauteri Dahl, 1914: 281, f. 14 (Df).
Gasteracantha sauteri Kayashima, 1943b: 4, pl. 4 (f).
Gasteracantha fornicata Saito, 1959: 112, f. 138 (S, rejected).
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, 1873a: 156, pl. 4, f. 9 (Df).
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 mollusca Keyserling, 1886a: 88, pl. 7, f. 1 (f, misidentified).
Gasteracantha signifer Pocock, 1898b: 465, pl. 19, f. 6 (Df).
Gasteracantha signifera Dahl, 1914: 281.
Gasteracantha signifera Chrysanthus, 1971: 49, f. 109-111 (f).

Gasteracantha signifera bistrigella Strand, 1911b: 206 (D).
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, 1915d: 236 (Df).
Gasteracantha signifera heterospina Nentwig et al., 2019: 37 (subspecies inquirenda).

Gasteracantha signifera pustulinota Strand, 1911b: 206 (D).
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, 1879c: 289, pl. 27, f. 18 (Df).
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 (Actinacantha) sororna Butler, 1873a: 155, pl. 4, f. 15 (Df).

Plectana sturii Doleschall, 1857: 424 (Df).
Plectana centrum Doleschall, 1857: 425 (Df).
Plectana sturi Doleschall, 1859: pl. 8, f. 1 (f).
Gasteracantha sturi Thorell, 1878b: 9, 294.
Gasteracantha nigristernis Simon, 1899a: 92 (Df).
Gasteracantha sturi Dahl, 1914: 284.
Gasteracantha sturi Kolosváry, 1931: 1068, pl. 30, f. 3 (f).

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

Plectana taeniata Walckenaer, 1841: 169 (Df).
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 analispina Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df).
Gasteracantha analispina Strand, 1915d: 232, pl. 18, f. 81 (f).
Gasteracantha taeniata analispina Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (subspecies inquirenda).

Gasteracantha analispina anirensis Strand, 1911b: 206 (Df).
Gasteracantha analispina anirensis Strand, 1915d: 233, pl. 18, f. 78 (f).
Gasteracantha taeniata anirensis Nentwig et al., 2019: 35 (subspecies inquirenda).

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

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

Gasteracantha theisii Guérin, 1838b: 54 (Df).
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, 1951d: 1, f. 1 (Df).

Gasteracantha thorellii Keyserling, 1864: 67, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df).
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, 1897c: 604, pl. 25, f. 3 (Df).

Gasteracantha transversa C. L. Koch, 1837a: 14, f. 259 (Df).
Gasteracantha nebulosa Butler, 1873a: 164 (Df).
Gasteracantha vittata longicornis Strand, 1907m: 422 (Df).
Gasteracantha transversa Dahl, 1914: 280.

Gasteracantha unguifera Simon, 1889i: 336 (Df).
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).

Plectana versicolor Walckenaer, 1841: 161 (Df).
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: 109, f. 48A, 49A-C (Df).

Gasteracantha formosa Vinson, 1863: 244, 315, pl. 9, f. 7 (Df).
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 westringii Keyserling, 1864: 66, pl. 1, f. 2 (Df).
Gasteracantha laeta Fauvel, 1865: 68, pl. 1, f. 18 (Df).
Gasteracantha westringi L. Koch, 1871: 7, pl. 1, f. 4 (f).
Gasteracantha mollusca L. Koch, 1871: 7, pl. 1, f. 4 (Df).
Gasteracantha ocillatum Urquhart, 1889b: 152, pl. 7, f. 1-3 (Df).
Gasteracantha wogeonis Strand, 1911b: 205 (Df).
Gasteracantha westringi Dahl, 1914: 281.
Gasteracantha wogeonis Strand, 1915d: 231, pl. 18, f. 82 (f).