Oreo (spider)

Oreo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gallieniellidae
Genus:	Oreo; Platnick, 2002
Type species
	; Platnick, 2002
Species
	5, see text

Oreo is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae, 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[]

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

Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Western Australia)
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Northern Territory)
Platnick, 2002 – Australia (Queensland)
Platnick, 2002 (type) – Australia (South Australia, Queensland to Victoria)

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^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.
^ 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.

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[NMBE-1] Jump up to: ^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.

[Plat2002-2] 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.

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