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Oreo (spider)

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Oreo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachycosmidae
Genus: Oreo
Platnick, 2002[1]
Type species
O. renmark
Platnick, 2002
Species

5, see text

Oreo is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Trachycosmidae, and was first described by Norman I. Platnick in 2002. The name derives from the Oreo cookie. The type species has a black and white abdomen, although such coloration is common among gallieniellids.[2]

Species

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As of May 2019 it contains five species:[1]

  • Oreo bushbay Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Oreo capensis Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
  • Oreo kidman Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Northern Territory)
  • Oreo muncoonie Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
  • Oreo renmark Platnick, 2002 (type) – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)

References

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  1. ^ a b "Gen. Oreo Platnick, 2002". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Platnick, N. I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea)". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271: 1–243. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2.