- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873: 43. (homonym)
type species by original monotypy Opsomala [sic] gladiator Westwood, 1841
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (homonym of Gonyacantha Thomson, 1858)
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- Metapa Stål, 1878: 51, 97.
type species by original monotypy Metapa natalensis Stål, 1878
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 in Karsch, 1893: 115.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906: 392.
type species Opsomala [sic] gladiator Westwood, 1841
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 (nomen novum for Gonyacantha Stål, 1873)
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (replaced by Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Bolívar, 1906: 392.
- Conyacanthella [sic] Giglio-Tos, 1907: 13.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907: 13.
type species by original designation Gonyacantha lanceolata Bolívar, 1890
- Conyacanthella [sic] Giglio-Tos, 1907 (incorrect original spelling of Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907)
- Conyacanthella [sic] Giglio-Tos, 1907 (incorrect original spelling of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906)
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Kirby, 1910: 407.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907 in Kirby, 1910: 407.
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (replaced by Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Kirby, 1910: 407.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Kirby, 1910: 404.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922: 99.
type species by original designation Pretoriana klerki Uvarov, 1922
- Metapa Stål, 1878 in Uvarov, 1944: 16.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Metapa Stål, 1878) in Uvarov, 1944: 16.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Johnston, 1956: 231.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907 in Johnston, 1956: 231.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 in Johnston, 1956: 228.
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (replaced by Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Johnston, 1956: 231.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Johnston, 1956: 228.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Dirsh, 1958: 239.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907 in Dirsh, 1958: 241.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Dirsh, 1958: 239.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Dirsh, 1962: 277.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Jago, 1964: 190.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Uvarov, 1966: 4.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Johnston, 1968: 152.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907 (subjective synonym of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Johnston, 1968: 152.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Johnston, 1968: 154.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Dirsh, 1970: 103.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Johnsen, 1982: 110.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Otte, 1995: 88.
- Gonyacantha Stål, 1873 (replaced by Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Otte, 1995: 88.
- Gonyacanthella Giglio-Tos, 1907 (subjective synonym of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Otte, 1995: 88.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Otte, 1995: 84.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Otte, 1995: 84.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Yin, Shi & Yin, 1996: 12.
- Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906 in Grunshaw, 1996: 132, 143.
- Metapa Stål, 1878 (nomen oblitum of Acanthoxia Bolívar, 1906) in Grunshaw, 1996: 143.
- Pretoriana Uvarov, 1922 (subjective synonym of Leptacris Walker, 1870) in Grunshaw, 1996: 132.