In synonymy:
Peniza Thorell, 1868 = Paraplectana Brito Capello, 1867 (Simon, 1895a: 880)

type Eurysoma thorntoni Blackwall, 1865; gender feminine

N.B.: considered a senior synonym of Peniza Thorell, 1868b: 10 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05077] (type P. testudo Thorell, 1868 = Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865)) by Simon, 1895a: 880.

Transferred to other genera:
Paraplectana japonica Bösenberg & Strand, 1906 -- see Anepsion
Paraplectana peruana Keyserling, 1879 -- see Aspidolasius
Paraplectana vicina (Blackwall, 1866) -- see Caerostris

In synonymy:
Paraplectana anchietae Brito Capello, 1867 = Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865) (Lessert, 1930: 660).
Paraplectana cabindae Brito Capello, 1867 = Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865) (Simon, 1895a: 881).
Paraplectana quadrimamillata Schenkel, 1963 = Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938 (Yin et al., 1997d: 385).
Paraplectana testudo (Thorell, 1868, T from Peniza) = Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865) (Simon, 1895a: 881).
Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis Strand, 1916 = Paraplectana thorntoni (Blackwall, 1865) (Nentwig et al., 2019: 38).

Nomen dubium:
Paraplectana walleri ashantensis Strand, 1907n: 648 (f, Ghana) -- Nentwig et al., 2019: 38.

Cyrtarachne coccinella Thorell, 1890b: 32 (Df).
Paraplectana coccinella Simon, 1895a: 879.

Paraplectana duodecimmaculata Simon, 1897b: 466 (Df).

Cyrtarachne gravelyi Tikader, 1961a: 553, f. 4a-c (Df).
Cyrtarachne gravelyi Tikader, 1982a: 147, f. 274-276 (f).
Paraplectana gravelyi Ahmed et al., 2015d: 2 (Tf from Cyrtarachne).

Gasteracantha hemisphaerica C. L. Koch, 1844: 49, f. 874 (Df).
Paraplectana hemisphaerica Simon, 1895a: 880.

Paraplectana kittenbergeri Caporiacco, 1947c: 177, f. 33 (Df).

Paraplectana magnaculata Lin & Li, in Lin et al., 2022c: 204, f. 4A-B, 6A-B (Df).

Paraplectana mamoniae Basumatary & Brahma, 2019b: 276, f. 1-16 (Df).

Eurysoma walleri Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895: 47, pl. 2, f. 28 (f, misidentified).
Paraplectana multi-maculata Thorell, 1899: 60 (Df).

Paraplectana rajashree Ahmed et al., 2015d: 2, f. 1-7 (Df).

Paraplectana sakaguchii Uyemura, 1938b: 90, f. 1a-b, pl. 7 (Df).
Paraplectana quadrimamillata Schenkel, 1963: 177, f. 102a-b (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:039687].
Paraplectana sakaguchii Wang, Zhang & Li, 1985: 66, f. III (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Chikuni, 1989b: 83, f. 63 (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Feng, 1990: 80, f. 55.1-4 (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Yin et al., 1997d: 385, f. 277a-b (f, S of Paraplectana quadrimamillata).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 181Q, 182C (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Tanikawa, 2007c: 50, f. 52-53, 461 (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Tanikawa, 2009: 428, f. 49 (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Tanikawa & Harigae, 2010: 40, f. 3-4 (Dm).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Yin et al., 2012: 754, f. 376a-b (f).
Paraplectana sakaguchii Lee, Yoo & Kim, 2015a: 57, f. 1A-B (f).

Eurysoma thorntoni Blackwall, 1865b: 348 (Df).
Paraplectana cabindae Brito Capello, 1867: 10, pl. 2, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054018].
Paraplectana anchietae Brito Capello, 1867: 11, pl. 2, f. 5 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054019].
Peniza testudo Thorell, 1868b: 10 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:054020].
Paraplectana thorntoni O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1879c: 293, pl. 27, f. 24 (f).
Paraplectana thorntoni Simon, 1895a: 880, f. 940 (f, S of Paraplectana cabindae and Peniza testudo).
Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis Strand, 1916a: 101 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:016876].
Paraplectana thorntoni Lessert, 1930: 660 (S of Paraplectana anchietae).
Paraplectana thorntoni Kolosváry, 1931: 1070, pl. 30, f. 4 (f).
Paraplectana thorntoni Nentwig et al., 2019: 38 (S of Paraplectana thorntoni occidentalis).
Paraplectana thorntoni du Preez & Dippenaar-Schoeman, 2022: 23, f. 1a-1b, 2, 3a-3b (f habitus).
Paraplectana thorntoni Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 27, p. 26: 1 f., p. 27: 4 f. (f).

Paraplectana tsushimensis Yamaguchi, 1960: 5, f. A.1-7, B, pl. 1 (Df).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Yin et al., 1990: 136, f. 339-340 (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Chang, 1996: 13, f. 1-3 (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Yin et al., 1997d: 386, f. 278a-b (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 302, f. 181R, 182D (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Tanikawa, 2007c: 50, f. 54-55, 462 (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Tanikawa, 2009: 428, f. 50 (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Tanikawa, 2011: 71, f. 2-3 (Dm).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Yin et al., 2012: 755, f. 377a-b (f).
Paraplectana tsushimensis Igarashi et al., 2017: 93, f. 1a-c (f).

Eurysoma walleri Blackwall, 1865b: 349 (Df).
Paraplectana walleri Simon, 1895a: 876, f. 941 (f).
Paraplectana walleri Dippenaar-Schoeman et al., 2022f: 28, p. 26: 1 f., p. 28: 5 f. (f).