Oreo (spider)
{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
|taxon=Oreo
|authority=Platnick, 2002
|type_species=O. renmark
|type_species_authority=Platnick, 2002
|subdivision_ranks=Species
|subdivision=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.{{cite journal|last=Platnick|first=N. I.|year=2002|title=A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae: Gnaphosoidea) |journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History|pages=1–243|volume=271|doi=10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2}}
Species
{{as of|2019|05}} it contains five species:{{cite journal|title=Gen. Oreo Platnick, 2002|website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0|access-date=2019-06-04|year=2019|publisher=Natural History Museum Bern|url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/887|doi=10.24436/2}}
- 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)