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Genus: Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020 | Family: Agelenidae C. L. Koch, 1837

Gorbiscape canariensis (Lucas, 1838)

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Described:

Distribution: Canary Is., Morocco, Algeria

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Taxonomic References

Agelena canariensis Lucas, 1838: 37, pl. 6, f. 10 (Df) Original description

Nyssa canariensis Simon, 1864: 212

Agelena canariensis Simon, 1883: 290, pl. 8, f. 14 (f)

Agelena canariensis Denis, 1941a: 122, f. 9 (f)

Agelena canariensis Schmidt, 1973: 374, f. 8 (Dm)

Agelena canariensis de Blauwe, 1980b: 8, f. 10-14 (mf)

Agelena canariensis Wunderlich, 1992a: 432, f. 633-637 (mf)

Gorbiscape canariensis Zamani & Marusik, 2025: 322 (T from Agelena)

References

Blauwe, R. de (1980b). Revision de la famille des Agelenidae (Araneae) habitant la region mediterraneene (3e partie). Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique 52(11): 1-28. -- Show included taxa

Denis, J. (1941a). Les araignées des îles Canaries. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 110: 105-130. -- Show included taxa

Lucas, H. (1838). Arachnides, Myriapodes et Thysanoures. In: Barker-Webb, P. & S. Berthelot (eds.) Histoire naturelle des îles Canaries. Paris 2(2), 19-52, pl. 6-7. -- Show included taxa

Schmidt, G. (1973). Zur Spinnenfauna von Gran Canaria. Zoologische Beiträge (N.F.) 19: 347-391. -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1864). Histoire naturelle des Araignées (Aranéides). Roret, Paris, 540 pp. doi: 10.5962/bhl.title.47654 [[there are two published versions of pp. 65-68, version 1 from BHL, version 2 from Munich library]] -- Show included taxa

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). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 3: 259-314. -- Show included taxa

Wunderlich, J. (1992a). Die Spinnen-Fauna der Makaronesischen Inseln: Taxonomie, Ökologie, Biogeographie und Evolution. Beiträge zur Araneologie 1: 1-619. -- Show included taxa

Zamani, A. & Marusik, Y. M. (2025). New taxonomic and faunistic data on Moroccan spiders (Arachnida: Araneae), including the description of five new species. Zootaxa 5692(2): 321-337. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5692.2.6 -- Show included taxa

External Resource References

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Nentwig, W., Blick, T., Bosmans, R., Kropf, C., Stäubli, A.: Spiders of Europe. www.araneae.nmbe.ch. Version 01.2026. doi: 10.24436/1

GBIF.org (2026). GBIF Home Page (via GBIF API). Available from: https://www.gbif.org [8 January 2026]

Edit History

Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2025-09-13	New taxonomic reference entry	Zamani & Marusik, 2025
2025-09-13	Species transferred to new genus	Zamani & Marusik, 2025		Species transferred from Agelena to Gorbiscape