Garcorops
Appearance
Garcorops | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Selenopidae |
Genus: | Garcorops Corronca, 2003[1] |
Type species | |
G. madagascar Corronca, 2003
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Species | |
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Garcorops is a genus of east African wall spiders that was first described by J. A. Corronca in 2003.[2] As of September 2019[update] it contains three species, found on Madagascar and Comoros: G. jocquei, G. madagascar, and G. paulyi.[1] In addition, one species, †Garcorops jadis Bosselaers, 2004 , is only known from a fossil found in copal on Madagascar:[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Garcorops Corronca, 2003". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
- ^ Corronca, J. A. (2003). "New genus and species of Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Madagascar and neighbouring islands". African Zoology. 38: 387–392.
- ^ Dunlop, J.A.; Penney, D. & Jekel, D. (2016), "A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives, version 16.5" (PDF), World Spider Catalog, Natural History Museum Bern, retrieved 2016-04-09