Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020

Gorbiscape Zamani & Marusik, 2020 View in CoL

Comment. Gorbiscape is a relatively small genus with a disjunct distribution, comprising two species in Central Asia— G. gorbachevi Zamani & Marusik, 2020 from Tajikistan; G. zarafshanicus Fomichev & Shodmonov, 2024 from Uzbekistan —and five species in the Western Mediterranean: G. agelenoides (Walckenaer, 1841) from Northwest Africa and Southwest Europe; G. amazighus Zamani & Marusik sp. nov. from Morocco; G. canariensis (Lucas, 1838) comb. nov. from the Canary Islands and Northwest Africa; and G. gomerensis ( Wunderlich, 1992) comb. nov., G. gonzalezi (Schmidt, 1980) comb. nov. and G. tenerifensis ( Wunderlich, 1992) comb. nov. from the Canary Islands ( Zamani & Marusik 2020; Fomichev & Shodmonov 2024; current study). The four species newly transferred to Gorbiscape were all formerly placed in Agelena Walckenaer, 1805 and share a similar conformation of the male copulatory organs with that of the type species of Gorbiscape , namely a similar embolus and tegular apophysis, as well as the presence of patellar and tibial apophyses (see Wunderlich 1992). The epigynes of the species herein transferred to Gorbiscape exhibit different conformations. It is possible that A. atlantea Fage, 1938 , currently known only from females and only from Morocco, also belongs to Gorbiscape ; however, the collection of conspecific males is necessary to confirm this.