Oreo (spider)
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Gallieniellidae |
Genus: | Oreo Platnick, 2002[1] |
Type species | |
Platnick, 2002
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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.
Categories:
- Araneomorphae genera
- Gallieniellidae
- Araneomorphae stubs