- Gallieniellidae
Taxobox
name = Gallieniellidae
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Arachnid a
ordo = Araneae
subordo =Araneomorphae
superfamilia =Gnaphosoidea
familia = Gallieniellidae
familia_authority = Millot, 1947
diversity_link = List of Gallieniellidae species
diversity = 10 genera, 48 species
range_
range_map_width = 250px
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision = see textThe 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 southernKenya , northeasternArgentina , andAustralia . The Genus "Drassodella" was transferred from the familyGnaphosidae in 1990.Genera
The categorization into subfamilies follows Joel Hallan's [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Gallieniellidae.txt Biology Catalog] .
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Gallienellinae Millot, 1947:* "Drassodella " Hewitt, 1916 (South Africa ):* "Gallieniella " Millot, 1947 (Madagascar,Comoro 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)ee also
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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 [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bitstream/2246/494/1/B271.pdf PDF (26Mb)] [http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/494 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 [http://americanarachnology.org/JoA_Congress/JoA_v30_n2/arac-30-02-307.pdf PDF]
* Goloboff, P.A. (2000): The Family Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea) in the Americas. Journal of Arachnology 28(1):1-6. [http://www.americanarachnology.org/JoA_free/JoA_v28_n1/arac_28_01_0001.pdf PDF]
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