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Long-jawed Ground Spiders
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Long-jawed Ground Spiders

Gallieniellidae

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.

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5 branches of this family, most-observed first

Drassodella

genusDrassodella

Austrachelas

genusAustrachelas

Galianoella

genusGalianoella

Gallieniella

genusGallieniella

Legendrena

genusLegendrena

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 416717.