Gorbiscape
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| 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 | |
| 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,[2].
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[update], 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
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