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Gallieniellidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Arachnida

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Spider

Subphylum
  
Chelicerata

Infraorder
  
Araneomorphae

Rank
  
Family

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Similar
  
Ammoxenidae, Malkaridae, Trochanteriidae, Cyatholipidae, Orsolobidae

The Gallieniellidae are a spider family with 48 species in ten genera.

Contents

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)

    • References

    Gallieniellidae Wikipedia
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