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
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, the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:[5][4]

See also

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. 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.
  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.
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