Gallieniella is a genus of East African araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by J. Millot in 1947.[2] Originally placed with the sac spiders, it was moved to the Gallieniellidae in 1967.[3]

Gallieniella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gallieniellidae
Genus: Gallieniella
Millot, 1947[1]
Type species
G. mygaloides
Millot, 1947
Species

4, see text

Species edit

As of May 2019 it contains four species:[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Gallieniella Millot, 1947". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
  2. ^ Millot, J. (1947). "Une araignée malgache énigmatique, Gallieniella mygaloides n. g., n. sp". Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris. 19 (2): 158–160.
  3. ^ Legendre, R. (1967). "A propos de l'énigmatique Gallieniella mygaloides J. Millot 1947, type de la nouvelle famille des Gallieniellidae (Araneae, Dionychia)". Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris. 265: 796.