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 the orb-weaving spiders, it was transferred to the pirate spiders in 1993, but moved back to orb-weaver family in 2012.

## Species

As of March 2020 it contains six species, found in Argentina and Chile:

* Gnolus angulifrons Simon, 1896 – Chile, Argentina
* Gnolus blinkeni Platnick & Shadab, 1993 – Chile, Argentina
* Gnolus cordiformis (Nicolet, 1849) (type) – 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)
