# Gorbiscape

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

'''''Gorbiscape''''' is a small [genus](/source/genus) of [funnel weavers](/source/Agelenidae). It was first described by [Alireza Zamani](/source/Alireza_Zamani) and [Yuri M. Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik) in 2020,<ref name=Zama2020 />.

==Distribution==
First only described from [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan), the genus now also contains species from [North Africa](/source/North_Africa), the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), and [Uzbekistan](/source/Uzbekistan).<ref name=wsc/>

==Etymology==
The name is a combination of "Gorbi", the nickname for [Mikhail Gorbachev](/source/Mikhail_Gorbachev), and the ending of ''[Agelescape](/source/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](/source/Gorbiscape_agelenoides)'' <small>([Walckenaer](/source/Charles_Walckenaer), 1841)</small> – Western Mediterranean
* ''[Gorbiscape amazighus](/source/Gorbiscape_amazighus)'' <small>[Zamani](/source/Alireza_Zamani) & [Marusik](/source/Yuri_M._Marusik), 2025</small> – [Morocco](/source/Morocco)
* ''[Gorbiscape canariensis](/source/Gorbiscape_canariensis)'' <small>([Lucas](/source/Hippolyte_Lucas), 1838)</small> – [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), Morocco, [Algeria](/source/Algeria)
* ''[Gorbiscape gomerensis](/source/Gorbiscape_gomerensis)'' <small>([Wunderlich](/source/J%C3%B6rg_Wunderlich), 1992)</small> – Canary Islands
* ''[Gorbiscape gonzalezi](/source/Gorbiscape_gonzalezi)'' <small>(Schmidt, 1980)</small> – Canary Islands
* ''[Gorbiscape gorbachevi](/source/Gorbiscape_gorbachevi)'' <small>Zamani & Marusik, 2020</small> – [Tajikistan](/source/Tajikistan)
* ''[Gorbiscape tenerifensis](/source/Gorbiscape_tenerifensis)'' <small>(Wunderlich, 1992)</small> – Canary Islands
* ''[Gorbiscape zarafshanicus](/source/Gorbiscape_zarafshanicus)'' <small>[Fomichev](/source/%3Aspecies%3AAlexander_Anatol'evich_Fomichev) & Shodmonov, 2024</small> – [Uzbekistan](/source/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}}

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

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