Togacantha is a genus of orb-weaver spiders found in Africa. It is monotypic and contains the single species Togacantha nordviei. It was first described as a subgenus of Gasteracantha by Friedrich Dahl in 1914,[2] and was later elevated to genus status.[3] Only the female was known until a male was found and described in 1982.[4][1]
^Dahl, F. (1914). "Die Gasteracanthen des Berliner Zoologischen Museums und deren geographische Verbreitung". Mitteilungen aus dem Zoologischen Museum in Berlin. 7: 235–301.
^Emerit, M. (1982). "Mise à jour de nos connaissances sur la systématique des Araneidae d'Afrique et de Madagascar. Nouveaux mâles de Gasteracanthinae et de Cyrtarachninae". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 4: 461.