Gallieniellidae
Sign in to saveGallieniellidae is a family of spiders first described by J. Millot in 1947. It was originally thought to be endemic to Madagascar until species were also found in southern Kenya, northeastern Argentina, and Australia. Drassodella was transferred from the family Gnaphosidae in 1990. They are suspected to be specialized in ant-preying.
Species
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderAraneae
- FamilyGallieniellidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 181
- Family
- Gallieniellidae
- Collections
- MCZ, FMNH, SAM, QM
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, Colombia, Australia, South Africa, Papua New Guinea
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Gnaphosoidea
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- Gallieniellidae
- taxon name
- Gallieniellidae
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- topic's main category
- Category:Gallieniellidae
- taxonomic type
- Gallieniella
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Gallieniellidae is a family of spiders first described by J. Millot in 1947. It was originally thought to be endemic to Madagascar until species were also found in southern Kenya, northeastern Argentina, and Australia. Drassodella was transferred from the family Gnaphosidae in 1990. They are suspected to be specialized in ant-preying.
==Genera== , this family includes five genera and 41 species: Austrachelas Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 – South Africa Galianoella Goloboff, 2000 – Argentina Gallieniella Millot, 1947 – Comoros, Madagascar Legendrena Platnick, 1984 – Madagascar
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