Oreo (spider)

Oreo
Scientific 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

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

1. "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.