Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Sectio: Dionycha
Superfamilia: Gnaphosoidea
Familia: Gallieniellidae
Genus: Drassodella
Species : D. amatola – D. aurostriata – D. baviaans – D. flava – D. guttata – D. lotzi – D. maculata – D. melana – D. montana – D. purcelli – D. quinquelabecula – D. salisburyi – D. septemmaculata – D. tenebrosa – D. tolkieni – D. transversa – D. trilineata – D. vasivulva – D. venda
Name
Drassodella Hewitt, 1916
Type species: Drassodella salisburyi John Hewitt, 1916, by monotypy
References
Hewitt J., 1916 : Descriptions of new South African spiders. Annals of the Transvaal Museum, 5 (3) 180-213.
Additional references
Mbo, Z. & Haddad, C.R. 2019. A revision of the endemic South African long-jawed ground spider genus Drassodella Hewitt, 1916 (Araneae: Gallieniellidae) Zootaxa 4582(1): 001–062. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4582.1.1. Reference page.
Drassodella is a genus of African araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae, and was first described by John Hewitt in 1916.[2] Originally placed with the ground spiders, it was moved to the Gallieniellidae in 1990.[3]
Species
As of May 2019 it contains nineteen species, all found in South Africa:[1]
Drassodella amatola Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella aurostriata Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella baviaans Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella flava Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella guttata Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella lotzi Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella maculata Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella melana Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
Drassodella montana Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella purcelli Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
Drassodella quinquelabecula Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
Drassodella salisburyi Hewitt, 1916 (type) – South Africa
Drassodella septemmaculata (Strand, 1909) – South Africa
Drassodella tenebrosa Lawrence, 1938 – South Africa
Drassodella tolkieni Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella transversa Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella trilineata Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
Drassodella vasivulva Tucker, 1923 – South Africa
Drassodella venda Mbo & Haddad, 2019 – South Africa
References
"Gen. Drassodella Hewitt, 1916". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-06-04.
Hewitt, J. (1916). "Descriptions of new South African spiders". Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 5 (3): 209–211.
Platnick, N. I. (1990). "Spinneret morphology and the phylogeny of ground spiders (Araneae, Gnaphosoidea)". American Museum Novitates (2978): 39.
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