Drassodella

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

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