Gorbiscape
| Gorbiscape | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Agelenidae |
| Genus: | Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| G. gorbachevi Zamani & Marusik, 2020
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| Species | |
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Gorbiscape is a small genus of funnel weavers. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020,[2].
Distribution
First only described from Tajikistan, the genus now also contains species from North Africa, the Canary Islands, and Uzbekistan.[1]
Etymology
The name is a combination of "Gorbi", the nickname for Mikhail Gorbachev, and the ending of Agelescape, to which it is similar.[2]
Species
As of January 2026, this genus includes eight species:[1]
- Gorbiscape agelenoides (Walckenaer, 1841) – Western Mediterranean
- Gorbiscape amazighus Zamani & Marusik, 2025 – Morocco
- Gorbiscape canariensis (Lucas, 1838) – Canary Islands, Morocco, Algeria
- Gorbiscape gomerensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Islands
- Gorbiscape gonzalezi (Schmidt, 1980) – Canary Islands
- Gorbiscape gorbachevi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 – Tajikistan
- Gorbiscape tenerifensis (Wunderlich, 1992) – Canary Islands
- Gorbiscape zarafshanicus Fomichev & Shodmonov, 2024 – Uzbekistan
References
- ^ a b c "Gen. Zamani & Marusik, 2020". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-28.
- ^ a b Zamani, A.; Marusik, Y. M. (2020). "A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera". Arachnology. 18 (4): 368–386. doi:10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368. S2CID 214702963.
Further reading
- Blauwe, R. de (1980). "Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) habitant la region mediterraneene (3e partie)" [Review of the Agelenidae (Araneae) family inhabiting the Mediterranean region (part 3)]. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (in French). 52 (11): 1–28.
- Simon, E. (1883). "Études arachnologiques. 14e Mémoire. XXI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologique des îles de l'Océan Atlantique (Açores, Madère, Salvages, Canaries, Cap Vert, Sainte-Hélène et Bermudes)" [Arachnological studies. 14th Thesis. XXI. Materials to serve the arachnological fauna of the islands of the Atlantic Ocean (Azores, Madeira, Salvages, Canaries, Cape Verde, Saint Helena and Bermuda)]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (in French). 3 (6): 259–314.
- Simon, E. (1873). "Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe" [New or little known araneids from southern Europe]. Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège (in French). 5: 187–351.