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 arciferaChile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA
  • Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola barrosi – Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola californica – USA, Mexico
  • Meriola cetiformis – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004 – Argentina
  • Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 – Eastern to Midwest United States & south to Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
  • Meriola fasciata – Brazil, Argentina
  • Meriola foraminosaVenezuela to Chile
  • Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
  • Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola hyltonae – Brazil, Argentina
  • Meriola longitarsis – Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
  • Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
  • Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
  • Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
  • Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
  • Meriola virgata – Chile