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Oreo (spider)
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
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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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ 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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