Gorbiscape

Gorbiscape
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Agelenidae
Genus:	Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020
Type species
G. gorbachevi Zamani & Marusik, 2020
Species
8, see text

Gorbiscape is a small genus of funnel weavers. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020,.

Distribution

First only described from Tajikistan, the genus now also contains species from North Africa, the Canary Islands, and Uzbekistan.

Etymology

The name is a combination of "Gorbi", the nickname for Mikhail Gorbachev, and the ending of Agelescape, to which it is similar.

Species

As of October 2026^[update], this genus includes eight species:

References

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.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Gorbiscape at iNaturalist

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