Meriola is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.[2]
Species
As of April 2019 it contains twenty-four species,[1] three from the United States and Canada:[3]
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Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) – Chile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA (California, Hawaii)[3]
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Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola barrosi (Mello-Leitão, 1951) – Chile, Argentina
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Meriola californica (Banks, 1904) – USA (Pacific Coast and Baja California),[3] Mexico
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Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
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Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004 – Argentina
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Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (type) – Eastern to Midwest United States & south to Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
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Meriola fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Brazil, Argentina
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Meriola foraminosa (Keyserling, 1891) – Venezuela to Chile
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Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
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Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola hyltonae (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil, Argentina
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Meriola longitarsis (Simon, 1904) – Chile, Argentina
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Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
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Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
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Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
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Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
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Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
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Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
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Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
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Meriola virgata (Simon, 1904) – Chile
References
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^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Meriola Banks, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
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^ Banks, N. (1895). "A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 3: 76–93.
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^ a b c "Genus Meriola". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
