Gorbiscape

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | taxon = Gorbiscape | authority = Zamani & Marusik, 2020<ref name=wsc/> | type_species = ''G. gorbachevi'' | type_species_authority = Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = 8, see text }}

'''''Gorbiscape''''' is a small genus of funnel weavers. It was first described by Alireza Zamani and Yuri M. Marusik in 2020,<ref name=Zama2020 />.

==Distribution== First only described from Tajikistan, the genus now also contains species from North Africa, the Canary Islands, and Uzbekistan.<ref name=wsc/>

==Etymology== The name is a combination of "Gorbi", the nickname for Mikhail Gorbachev, and the ending of ''Agelescape'', to which it is similar.<ref name=Zama2020 />

==Species== {{as of|2026|1}}, this genus includes eight species:<ref name="wsc" /> {{Div col}} * ''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 {{Div col end}}

==References== <references> <ref name="wsc">{{cite web | url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/lsid/urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05551 | title=Gen. Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | publisher=World Spider Catalog | doi=10.24436/2 | accessdate=2026-01-28}}</ref> <ref name=Zama2020>{{cite journal| author-last=Zamani| author-first=A.| author2-last=Marusik| author2-first=Y. M.| year=2020| journal=Arachnology| title=A review of Agelenini (Araneae: Agelenidae: Ageleninae) of Iran and Tajikistan, with descriptions of four new genera| volume=18| issue=4| pages=368–386| doi=10.13156/arac.2020.18.4.368| s2cid=214702963| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/15177| url-access=subscription}}</ref> </references>

==Further reading== *{{cite journal| author-last=Blauwe| author-first=R. de| year=1980| journal=Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique| title=Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) habitant la region mediterraneene (3e partie)| trans-title=Review of the Agelenidae (Araneae) family inhabiting the Mediterranean region (part 3) | language=French| volume=52| issue=11| pages=1–28| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/5262}}

*{{cite journal| author-last=Simon| author-first=E.| year=1883| title=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)| trans-title=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) | language=French| journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de France| volume=3| issue=6| pages=259–314| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/736}}

*{{cite journal| author-last=Simon| author-first=E.| year=1873| title=Aranéides nouveaux ou peu connus du midi de l'Europe| trans-title=New or little known araneids from southern Europe| language=French| journal=Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège| volume=5| pages=187–351| url=https://wsc.nmbe.ch/reference/464}}

==External links== * {{inaturalist taxon}}

Category:Agelenidae genera Category:Taxa named by Yuri M. Marusik