Meriola

Meriola is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.

Species

it contains twenty-four species, three from the United States and Canada:

• Meriola arcifera <small>(Simon, 1886)</small> – Chile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA (California, Hawaii)
• Meriola balcarce <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola barrosi <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1951)</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola californica <small>(Banks, 1904)</small> – USA (Pacific Coast and Baja California), Mexico
• Meriola cetiformis <small>(Strand, 1908)</small> – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
• Meriola davidi <small>Grismado, 2004</small> – Argentina
• Meriola decepta <small>Banks, 1895</small> (type) – Eastern to Midwest United States & south to Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• Meriola fasciata <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1941)</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Meriola foraminosa <small>(Keyserling, 1891)</small> – Venezuela to Chile
• Meriola gallina <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile
• Meriola goloboffi <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola hyltonae <small>(Mello-Leitão, 1940)</small> – Brazil, Argentina
• Meriola longitarsis <small>(Simon, 1904)</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola manuel <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile
• Meriola mauryi <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola nague <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile
• Meriola penai <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola puyehue <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola quilicura <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile
• Meriola rahue <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola ramirezi <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola tablas <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola teresita <small>Platnick & Ewing, 1995</small> – Argentina
• Meriola virgata <small>(Simon, 1904)</small> – Chile

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