Gallieniellidae

Gallieniellidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947
Genera
See text.
Diversity
10 genera, 48 species
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The Gallieniellidae are a spider family with 48 species in ten genera.

The species of this family are suspected to be specialized in ant-preying.

Distribution

The family was originally thought to be endemic to Madagascar. From the 1980s on, species were also found in southern Kenya, northeastern Argentina, and Australia. The Genus Drassodella was transferred from the family Gnaphosidae in 1990.

Genera

The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog.

• Gallienellinae Millot, 1947

• Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 (South Africa)
• Gallieniella Millot, 1947 (Madagascar, Comoros Island)
• Legendrena Platnick, 1984 (Madagascar)
• Toxoniella Warui & Jocqué, 2002 (Kenya)

• Meedoinae

• Galianoella Goloboff, 2000 (Argentina)
• 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

• Platnick, N.I. (2002): A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the AMNH 271 PDF (26Mb) Abstract (with key to Australian species)
• Warui, C. & Jocqué, R. (2002): The first Gallieniellidae (Araneae) from Eastern Africa. The Journal of Arachnology 30:307–315 PDF
• Goloboff, P.A. (2000): The Family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) in the Americas. Journal of Arachnology 28(1):1-6. PDF