''Meriola'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
araneomorph
The Araneomorphae (also called the Labidognatha or "true spiders") are an infraorder of spiders. They are distinguishable by chelicerae (fangs) that point diagonally forward and cross in a pinching action, in contrast to the Mygalomorphae (taran ...
spiders in the family
Trachelidae
Trachelidae is a family of Araneomorphae, araneomorph spiders (more recently evolved spiders with inward-pointing chelicerae) first described by Eugène Simon in 1897 as a subfamily called "Tracheleae" ("Trachelinae" in modern terminology). The ...
, first described by
Nathan Banks
Nathan Banks (April 13, 1868 – January 24, 1953) was an American entomologist noted for his work on Neuroptera, Megaloptera, Hymenoptera, and Acarina (mites). He started work on mites in 1880 with the USDA. In 1909 he reported many Costa Rican ...
in 1895.
Species
it contains twenty-four species,
three from the United States and Canada:
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Meriola arcifera''
( Simon, 1886) – Chile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA (California, Hawaii)
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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),
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 (
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) – 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
Araneomorphae genera
Taxa named by Nathan Banks
Trachelidae
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