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

Species

PHYLUM

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMalacostraca
  4. OrderDecapoda
  5. FamilyXanthidae
Habitatmarine
Observations160

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
16
Family
Trachelidae
Collections
MNA, UNM, LACM, MCZ, FMNH, UF
Recorded in
United States, Mexico, Costa Rica, Indonesia

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Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Trachelidae
Image
Meriola californica 3.jpg
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taxon name
Meriola
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Meriola
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Encyclopedic overview

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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 (Simon, 1886) – Chile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA (California, Hawaii) Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina Meriola barrosi (Mello-Leitão, 1951) – Chile, Argentina Meriola californica (Banks, 1904) – USA (Pacific Coast and Baja California), Mexico Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004 – Argentina Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (type) – Eastern to Midwest United States & south to Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil Meriola fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Brazil, Argentina Meriola foraminosa (Keyserling, 1891) – Venezuela to Chile Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina Meriola hyltonae (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil, Argentina Meriola longitarsis (Simon, 1904) – 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 (Simon, 1904) – Chile

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