Oreo (spider)

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

Last updated November 12, 2025

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 2 "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] 1 2 "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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