Drassodella
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Drassodella | |
|---|---|
 | |
| male D. quinquelabecula | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Gallieniellidae |
| Genus: | Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 |
| Type species | |
| Drassodella salisburyi Hewitt, 1916 | |
| Diversity | |
| 19 species | |
Drassodella is a genus of spiders in the family Gallieniellidae. The genus contains 19 species, all endemic to South Africa.[1]
The genus name is a variation on the related genus Drassodes.
Taxonomy
The genus was transferred from the Gnaphosidae to the Gallieniellidae by Platnick in 1990.[1] The genus was comprehensively revised by Mbo & Haddad in 2019.[2]
Distribution
Description
Small to medium spiders with body length ranging from 2.5 to 10 mm. The carapace is broad and oval, with the cephalic region slightly narrowed and broadest between coxae II and III. Eight eyes are arranged in two rows, with lateral eyes set on low tubercles. The chelicerae are usually moderately protruding in males and slightly angled or vertically orientated in females. The opisthosoma is oval-elongate, often with golden, yellow, white, or cream dorsal stripes or spots, or without markings, on a black or grey background. The legs are long and moderately thin with leg formula 4123. Anterior pairs of legs are weakly spined, while posterior pairs are moderately to strongly spined.[3]
