''Gnolus'' is a
genus
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of South American
orb-weaver spiders that was first described by
Eugène Louis Simon
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin".pirate spiders
Pirate spiders, members of the family (biology), family Mimetidae, are Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders which typically feed on other spiders.
The family (biology), family Mimetidae contains roughly 200 species divided among 12 genus, genera, ...
in 1993,
but moved back to orb-weaver family in 2012.
Species
it contains six species, found in
Argentina
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and
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...
:
*''
Gnolus angulifrons''
Simon, 1896 –
Chile
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,
Argentina
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*''
Gnolus blinkeni''
Platnick & Shadab, 1993 – Chile, Argentina
*''
Gnolus cordiformis''
(Nicolet, 1849) (
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) – Chile, Argentina
*''
Gnolus limbatus''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile
*''
Gnolus spiculator''
(Nicolet, 1849) – Chile, Argentina
*''
Gnolus zonulatus''
Tullgren, 1902 – Chile, Argentina
In synonymy:
*''G. affinis''
Tullgren, 1902 = ''Gnolus cordiformis''
(Nicolet, 1849)
See also
*
List of Araneidae species: G-M
References
Araneidae genera
Spiders of South America
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