''Garcorops'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

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 historical ...

n wall spiders that was first described by J. A. Corronca in 2003. it contains three species, found on

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and

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: '' 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 t ...

'' 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 includes re ...

on Madagascar:

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Araneomorphae genera Selenopidae Spiders of Africa {{Araneomorphae-stub

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