Syntype; ba071711-0661-434e-888f-44945bed365e; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa
Hetrodes pallidus Walker, 1869: 231.
Syntype; b0fcdbb7-9869-4b64-9a2b-bcecb371c6b9; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK);
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869) in Karsch, 1887: 58.
Acanthoplus jallae Griffini, 1897: 3.
Syntype; 3cfef820-6894-4a9a-a2bb-96fac90fffdf; deposited at: Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali (MRSN); Zimbabwe: road from Kazungula to Bulawayo
Acanthoplus desertorum Kirby, 1899: 142.
Acanthoplus germanus Kirby, 1899: 143.
Holotype; female; ceed0b8e-09c1-44ad-a708-4fdbab4de5e4; deposited at: Natural History Museum, London (NHMUK); South Africa: Eastern Cape: King William's Town [Qonce]
Acanthoplus serratus Kirby, 1899: 143.
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1899: 479.
Acanthoplus discoidalis (Walker, 1869) in Kirby, 1899: 142.
Acanthoplus jallae Griffini, 1897 in Kirby, 1906: 155.
Acanthoplus jallae Griffini, 1897 in Giglio-Tos, 1907: 20.
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