Garcorops

Garcorops is a genus of east African wall spiders that was first described by J. A. Corronca in 2003.[2] As of September 2019 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]

Garcorops
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Species
  • G. jocquei Corronca, 2003 – Comoros
  • G. madagascar Corronca, 2003 – Madagascar
  • G. paulyi Corronca, 2003 – Madagascar

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Garcorops Corronca, 2003". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  2. Corronca, J. A. (2003). "New genus and species of Selenopidae (Arachnida, Araneae) from Madagascar and neighbouring islands". African Zoology. 38: 387–392.
  3. 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


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