Gallieniellidae

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
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947
Diversity
10 genera, 68 species

Genera

Main article: List of Gallieniellidae species

As 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

• List of Gallieniellidae species

References

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.
4. "Family: Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-20.
5. 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.