Gnolus is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1879. Originally placed with the orb-weaving spiders, it was transferred to the pirate spiders in 1993, but moved back to orb-weaver family in 2012.
Species
it contains six species, found in Argentina and Chile:
- Gnolus angulifrons <small>Simon, 1896</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Gnolus blinkeni <small>Platnick & , 1993</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Gnolus cordiformis <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> (type) â Chile, Argentina
- Gnolus limbatus <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> â Chile
- Gnolus spiculator <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small> â Chile, Argentina
- Gnolus zonulatus <small>Tullgren, 1902</small> â Chile, Argentina
In synonymy:
- G. affinis <small>Tullgren, 1902</small> = Gnolus cordiformis <small>(Nicolet, 1849)</small>
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