Gallieniellidae Explained

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. They are suspected to be specialized in ant-preying.

Genera

See main article: List of Gallieniellidae species., the World Spider Catalog accepts the following genera:^{[4] [5]}

• 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

Notes and 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. The Journal of Arachnology. 30. 2. 307–315. 10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0307:TFGAFE]2.0.CO;2. 84903200. 2006-07-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20110811102823/http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v30_n2/arac-30-02-307.pdf. 2011-08-11. dead.
3. Goloboff. P.A.. 2000. The Family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) in the Americas. Journal of Arachnology. 28. 1. 1–6. 10.1636/0161-8202(2000)028[0001:TFGAGI]2.0.CO;2. 11336/79203. 85220741. free. 2006-07-15. 2007-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20070930181647/http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v28_n1/arac_28_01_0001.pdf. dead.
4. Platnick. N.I.. 2002. A revision of the Australasian ground spiders of the families Ammoxenidae, Cithaeronidae, Gallieniellidae, and Trochanteriidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History . 271. 271. 1–244. 10.1206/0003-0090(2002)271<0001:AROTAG>2.0.CO;2. 86321070.
5. Web site: Family: Gallieniellidae Millot, 1947. World Spider Catalog. 2019-04-20. Natural History Museum Bern.