A Taxonomic Revision Of The Spider Genus Meriola Banks (Araneae: Trachelidae) Author González, María E. 0000-0003-1609-0314 mariaegm86@gmail.com Author Grismado, Cristian J. 0000-0002-1260-7964 grismado@macn.gov.ar Author Ramírez, Martín J. 0000-0002-0358-0130 ramirez@macn.gov.ar text Zootaxa 2021 2021-02-24 4936 1 1 113 journal article 7437 10.11646/zootaxa.4936.1.1 5404afb9-168e-4d0f-b386-da1c314df1d9 1175-5326 4559165 DAC2F49B-EE13-4827-B549-C59B9C43550B Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing Figs 80–82 , 96 Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 22 , figs 49–53 (male holotype from Las Tablas, E Curico, Curico, Región del Maule (VII), Chile , in AMNH, not examined). Diagnosis. Males are very similar to M. manuel by the similar body shape and the relatively flat oval carapace, and by the long, straight, basally widened RTA, but differ by the uniform pattern of the abdomen, and the shorter RTA. Females ( Fig. 80 ) are also similar to M. manuel , but differ by the uniform abdominal pattern and the larger spermathecae. FIGURE 88. Meriola virgata Simon. a , male habitus, anterior view (MACN-Ar 30968); b , same, left palp, ventral view; c , same, prolateral view; d , same, retrolateral view. e , female alive (MACN-Ar 39085). FIGURE 89 . Known distribution of Meriola arcifera and M. foraminosa in America. Records of M. arcifera in U.S.A., Easter Island and Robinson Crusoe Island, marked with a dotted line are probably recent introductions. Description. Male and female described by Platnick & Ewing (1995) . Natural history and habitat. Unknown. Distribution. Known from Neuquén province in Argentina and Quillota, Santiago , Curicó and Talca provinces in Chile ( Fig. 96 ). Material examined. Chile : Región V (de Valparaíso ), Prov. Quillota: Las Palmas de Ocoa , R . Calderón, 31.VIII.1984 , not burned, trap#14, 1 male , sample MGM-00490 ( AMNH ) . Región VII del Maule : Prov. Talca : Alto de Vilches 70 km E Talca , S & J. Peck , 5.XII.1985 , 1300 m , Nothofagus , for FIT, 1 female , sample MGM- 00489 ( AMNH ) .