''Oarces'' is a spider genus in the family

Araneidae Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...

. It is the sister genus of ''

Gnolus ''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 f ...

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'' and ''Oarces'' transferred from '' Mimitidae'' by Dimitrov et al., 2012: Suppl. 1, p. 15. World Spider Catalog, Family: Araneidae
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Species

* ''

Oarces ornatus ''Oarces'' is a spider genus in the family Araneidae. It is the sister genus of ''Gnolus''. ''Gnolus ''Gnolus'' is a genus of South American orb-weaver spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1879. Originally placed with t ...

'' ''Mello-Leitão, 1935'' (Brazil) * ''

Oarces reticulatus ''Oarces reticulatus'' is a spider species in the family Araneidae. It is endemic to Chile and adjacent Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half ...

'' ''(Nicolet, 1849)'' (Chile, Argentina)

References

* Platnick, N.I. & Shabad, M.U. (1993). A review of the pirate spiders (Aranae, Mimetidae) of Chile. ''American Museum Novitates'' 3074
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