''Garcorops'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
east Africa
East Africa, Eastern Africa, or East of Africa, is the eastern subregion of the African continent. In the United Nations Statistics Division scheme of geographic regions, 10-11-(16*) territories make up Eastern Africa:
Due to the histori ...
n
wall spiders that was first described by J. A. Corronca in 2003.
it contains three species, found on
Madagascar
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and
Comoros: ''
G. jocquei'', ''
G. madagascar'', and ''
G. paulyi''.
In addition, one species, †''
Garcorops jadis
''Garcorops jadis'' is a possibly extinct species of Wall crab spider, family Selenopidae, and at present, it is one of four known species in the genus '' Garcorops''. The species is solely known from copal found on the beach near Sambava, on ...
''
Bosselaers, 2004 , is only known from a fossil found in
copal
Copal is tree resin, particularly the aromatic resins from the copal tree '' Protium copal'' ( Burseraceae) used by the cultures of pre-Columbian Mesoamerica as ceremonially burned incense and for other purposes. More generally, copal include ...
on Madagascar:
See also
*
List of Selenopidae species
This page lists all described species of the spider family Selenopidae accepted by the World Spider Catalog :
''Amamanganops''
'' Amamanganops'' Crews & Harvey, 2011
* '' A. baginawa'' Crews & Harvey, 2011 (type) — Philippines
''Anyphops''
...
References
Araneomorphae genera
Selenopidae
Spiders of Africa
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