Gallieniellidae is a family of spiders first described by J. Millot in 1947.[1] It was originally thought to be endemic to Madagascar until species were also found in southern Kenya,[2] northeastern Argentina,[3] and Australia. Drassodella was transferred from the family Gnaphosidae in 1990.[4] They are suspected to be specialized in ant-preying.
| Gallieniellidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947 |
| Diversity | |
| 10 genera, 68 species | |
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Genera
editAs of April 2019[update], the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[5][4]
- Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
- Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa
- Galianoella Goloboff, 2000 – Argentina
- Gallieniella Millot, 1947 – Madagascar, Comoros
- Legendrena Platnick, 1984 – Madagascar
- Meedo Main, 1987 – Australia
- Neato Platnick, 2002 – Australia
- Oreo Platnick, 2002 – Australia
- Peeto Platnick, 2002 – Australia
- Questo Platnick, 2002 – Australia
See also
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Wikispecies has information related to Gallieniellidae.
- ^ Millot, J. (1947). "Une araignée malgache énigmatique, Gallieniella mygaloides n. g., n. sp". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 2 (19): 158–160.
- ^ Warui, C.; Jocqué, R. (2002). "The first Gallieniellidae (Araneae) from Eastern Africa" (PDF). The Journal of Arachnology. 30 (2): 307–315. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0307:TFGAFE]2.0.CO;2. S2CID 84903200. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2006-07-15.
- ^ Goloboff, P.A. (2000). "The Family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) in the Americas" (PDF). Journal of Arachnology. 28 (1): 1–6. doi:10.1636/0161-8202(2000)028[0001:TFGAGI]2.0.CO;2. hdl:11336/79203. S2CID 85220741. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2006-07-15.
- ^ a b "Family: Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
- ^ Platnick, N.I. (2002). "A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 271 (271): 1–244. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. S2CID 86321070.
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