Oreo (spider)

Genus of spiders

Oreo

Scientific classification
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[update] 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.

Taxon identifiers

Oreo|

* Wikidata: Q2605923
* Wikispecies: Oreo
* ADW: Oreo
* AFD: Oreo
* BioLib: 466856
* EoL: 114620
* GBIF: 2179258
* iNaturalist: 419841
* IRMNG: 1250904
* ITIS: 872651
* Open Tree of Life: 4696502
* WSC: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:03502

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