Onofre

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{For|the 4th-century saint|Onuphrius}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Onofre

| authority = Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007

| type_species = O. sibilans

| type_species_authority = Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = {{Specieslist

| O. carnifex|Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007Brazil

| O. necator|Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007 – Brazil

| O. sibilans|Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007 – Brazil}}

}}

Onofre is a genus of Brazilian jumping spiders that was first described by G. R. S. Ruiz & Antônio Domingos Brescovit in 2007.{{cite journal| last1=Ruiz| first1=G. R. S.| last2=Brescovit| first2=A. D.| year=2007| title=Onofre, a new genus of jumping spider from Brazil (Araneae, Salticidae)| journal=Bulletin of the British Arachnological Society| pages=77–80| volume=14| author-link2=Antônio Brescovit| name-list-style=amp}} {{as of|2019|08}} it contains only three species, found in the Amazon basin of Brazil: O. carnifex, O. necator, and O. sibilans.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Onofre Ruiz & Brescovit, 2007| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-09-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2828| doi=10.24436/2}} They are related to members of Chira, and the three species were described from the states of Mato Grosso and Pará. The generic name is a common man's name in Brazil.

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