Gallieniellidae

Taxobox
name = Gallieniellidae
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Arachnida
ordo = Araneae
subordo = Araneomorphae
superfamilia = Gnaphosoidea
familia = Gallieniellidae
familia_authority = Millot, 1947
diversity_link = List of Gallieniellidae species
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 [http://insects.tamu.edu/research/collection/hallan/Acari/Family/Gallieniellidae.txt Biology Catalog] .

* 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

* 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]