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
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
References
Wikispecies has information related to Gallieniellidae.