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''Galianoella'' is a
monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unispec ...
genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
n araneomorph spiders in the family Gallieniellidae containing the single species, ''Galianoella leucostigma''. It was first described by Pablo A. Goloboff in 2000, breaking it off from '' Azilia''. It has only been found in
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
. The genus is named in honour of María Elena Galiano.


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* Gallieniellidae Monotypic Araneomorphae genera Spiders of Argentina {{Araneomorphae-stub