Synonymy

• Aranea sexcuspidata Fabricius, 1793: 427
• Epeira imperialis Walckenaer, 1805: 67
• Gasteracantha sexcuspidata — C. L. Koch, 1837: 36
• Eurysoma sexcuspidata — C. L. Koch, 1850: 9
• Epeira tuberculosa Vinson, 1863: 228
• Caerostris mitralis humilis Thorell, 1868: 4
• Caerostris mitralis turrigera Thorell, 1868: 4
• Caerostris wahlbergii Thorell, 1868: 7
• Caerostris keyserlingii Thorell, 1868: 7
• Caerostris rutenbergi Lenz, 1886: 384 (misidentified)
• Caerostris tuberculosa Lenz, 1886: 384
• Caerostris sexcuspidata — Simon, 1895: 831
• Caerostris femoralis Thorell, 1899: 63.
• Caerostris argostictus Pocock, 1899: 855
• Caerostris mimicus Strand, 1906: 624
• Caerostris tuberculosa — Strand, 1908: 470
• Caerostris kibonotensis Tullgren, 1910: 168
• Caerostris schubotzi Strand, 1913: 383
• Caerostris insularis Strand, 1913: 384
• Caerostris voeltzkowi Strand, 1916: 119
• Caerostris hnatiukae Roberts, 1983: 280 (synonymized by Grasshoff, 1984: 737)
  • Type locality: Ile aux Cedres, from Pithecellobizim in mixed scrub.
    • Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. 06.VI.1974. BMNH 1978.11.1.43.

Primary references

• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundun classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus II. Christ. Gottl. Proft, Hafniae, viii + 519 pp. BHL. Gallica. Reference page.  [original description: p. 427]

• Roberts, M.J. 1983. Spiders of the families Theridiidae, Tetragnathidae and Araneidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from Aldabra atoll. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 77: 217-291. Reference page. 

• Strand, E. 1906. Diagnosen nordafrikanischer, hauptsächlich von Carlo Freiherr von Erlanger gesammelter Spinnen. Zoologischer anzeiger 30: 604–637, 655–690. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Caerostris mimicus: p. 687]