World Spider Catalog

Trachelidae Simon, 1897

Family | ACCEPTED

N.B.: elevated to family status and relimited by Ramírez, 2014: 342; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 521, f. 19.

Gen. Meriola Banks, 1895 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:02250

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 by Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (contra Simon, 1897a: 184); transferred from the Corinnidae to the Trachelidae by Ramírez, 2014: 342.

In synonymy:

Meriola arequipa Gertsch, 1942 = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 16)

Meriola barrosi (Mello-Leitão, 1951) = Meriola macrocephala Nicolet, 1849 (González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56)

Meriola carvalhoi (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Trachelas) = Meriola arcifera Simon, 1886 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27)

Meriola caxambuensis (Mello-Leitão, 1926, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Meriola cinerea (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Cetonana) = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Meriola costulata (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Cetonana) = Meriola arcifera Simon, 1886 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27)

Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas)

Meriola distincta (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Meriola elongata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Cetonana) = Meriola setosa Simon, 1897 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae)

Meriola gulosa (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Trachelas) = Meriola setosa Simon, 1897 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae)

Meriola hyltonae (Mello-Leitão, 1940) = Meriola setosa Simon, 1897 (González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 93)

Meriola inornata Banks, 1901 = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas)

Meriola lineolata (Mello-Leitão, 1938, T from Trachelas) = Meriola arcifera Simon, 1886 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27)

Meriola lissopalpus (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Cetonana) = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 16)

Meriola parvula (Banks, 1898) = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas)

Meriola quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis Strand, 1908 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Meriola segmentata (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Trachelas) = Meriola setosa Simon, 1897 (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae)

Nomina dubia:

Meriola obliterata (Nicolet, 1849: 449, f, Chile, originally in Clubiona) -- González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 58

Meriola ultima (Nicolet, 1849: 449, f, Chile, originally in Clubiona) -- González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 58

Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) | | Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina. Introduced to Easter Is. and Robinson Crusoe Is. (Chile), USA (California, Hawaii) urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025323

Trachelas arcifer Simon, 1886f: 171 (Df) Original description

Trachelas lineolata Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 118, f. 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060356]

Ceto costulata Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 52, f. 51 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060350]

Trachelas carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1943f: 405, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060347]

Meriola arcifera Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27, f. 64-68 (mf, T from Trachelas, S of Ceto costulata, Trachelas carvalhoi, T. lineolata)

Meriola arcifera González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 12, f. 7a-h, 8a-f, 9a-d (mf)

Meriola avalosi Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052836

Meriola avalosi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 17, f. 10a-h, 11a-f, 12a-f (Dmf) Original description

Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025324

Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27, f. 107-109 (Dm) Original description

Meriola balcarce González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 18, f. 13a-h, 14a-f, 15a-e (m, Df)

Meriola californica (Banks, 1904) | | USA, Mexico urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025326

Trachelas californicus Banks, 1904b: 339, pl. 40, f. 47 (Df) Original description

Trachelas californicus Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 32, f. 40, 107-110 (f, Dm)

Trachelas californicus Dondale & Redner, 1982: 129, f. 237-239 (mf)

Meriola californica Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (T from Trachelas)

Meriola californica González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 23, f. 16a-h, 17a-f, 18a-d (mf)

Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) | | Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Uruguay, Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025327

Gayenna alticola Simon, 1896b: 400 (Dm; misidentified per Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Gayenna alticola Simon, 1897a: 94, f. 87 (m; misidentified per per Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15)

Trachelas cetiformis Strand, 1908e: 241 (Df) Original description

Trachelas 4-punctatus Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 49 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060359]

Trachelas caxambuensis Mello-Leitão, 1926b: 13, f. 14-15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060348]

Trachelas distinctus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 178, f. 69 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060352]

Cetonana cinerea Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 221, f. 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060349]

Meriola arequipa Gertsch, 1942: 11, f. 34 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060346]

Cetonana lissopalpus Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 116, f. 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060357]

Trachelas quadripunctatus Camargo, 1953: 324, f. 10-17 (mf)

Meriola cetiformis Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15, f. 29-33 (mf, T from Trachelas, S of Cetonana cinerea, C. lissopalpus, Meriola arequipa, Trachelas caxambuensis, T. distinctus, T. quadripunctatus)

Meriola cetiformis González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 26, f. 1f, 19a-h, 20a-h, 21a-d (mf)

Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:040361

Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 38, f. 105-106 (f; misidentified per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34)

Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004d: 234, f. 1-5 (Dm) Original description

Meriola davidi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34, f. 22a-h, 23a-g, 24a-e (m, Df)

Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 | | Canada, USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025328

Meriola decepta Banks, 1895d: 81 (Df) Original description

Trachelas parvulus Banks, 1898b: 225, pl. 13, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060358]

Meriola inornata Banks, 1901b: 574, pl. 33, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060355]

Trachelas deceptus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 523

Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 40, pl. 13, f. 107 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060351]

Meriola decepta Gertsch & Davis, 1940b: 11 (m)

Meriola decepta Muma, 1943: 121, pl. XV, f. 5 (f)

Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 185 (Df)

Trachelas decepta Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, f. 39, 103-106 (mf, S of Meriola decepta floridana, Trachelas inornatus and T. parvulus)

Trachelas decepta Dondale & Redner, 1982: 127, f. 234-236 (mf)

Trachelas decepta Breene et al., 1993: 85, f. 96A-B (mf)

Meriola decepta Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (T from Trachelas)

Meriola decepta González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 37, f. 25a-h, 26a-f, 27a-d (mf)

Meriola fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025329

Trachelopachys fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 178, f. 70, pl. 10, f. 48 (Df) Original description

Trachelas fasciatus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys)

Meriola fasciata Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 26, f. 59-63 (Dm, f, T from Trachelas)

Meriola fasciata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 40, f. 1a-b, 2e-g, 4a-b, 28a-h, 29a-f, 30a-e (mf)

Meriola foraminosa (Keyserling, 1891) | | Venezuela, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025330

Trachelas foraminosus Keyserling, 1891: 60, pl. 2, f. 32 (Df) Original description

Meriola foraminosa Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 29, f. 72-76 (Dm, f, T from Trachelas)

Meriola foraminosa González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 43, f. 31a-h, 32a-f, 33a-d (mf)

Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025331

Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 20, f. 39-43 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola gallina González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 46, f. 34a-h, 35a-f, 36a-d (mf)

Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025332

Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 39, f. 110-112 (Dm) Original description

Meriola goloboffi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 49, f. 37a-f, 38a-d (m)

Meriola lineolata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025093

Ceto lineolata Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 253 (Dm) Original description

Meriola lineolata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 50, f. 39a-h, 40a-h, 41a-i, 42a-c (m, Df, T from Cetonana) [N.B.: it is a secondary homonym of M. lineolata (Mello-Leitão, 1938), S of Meriola arcifera, and needs no replacement name]

Meriola longitarsis (Simon, 1904) | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025334

Trachelas longitarsis Simon, 1904e: 104, f. 5C (Df) Original description

Meriola longitarsis Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 18, f. 34-38 (m, Df, T from Trachelas)

Meriola longitarsis González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 54, f. 43a-h, 44a-g, 45a-b, d-i (mf)

Meriola macrocephala (Nicolet, 1849) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052837

Clubiona macrocephala Nicolet, 1849: 448 (Dmf) Original description

Trachelopachys macrocephalus Simon, 1897a: 185 (T from Clubiona)

Trachelopachys macrocephalus Simon, 1904e: 103 (S of Trachelopachys/Clubiona obliterata and ultima; rejected by Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56, both to nomina dubia)

Trachelas altiformis Simon, 1904e: 104, f. 3 (m; misidentified per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56)

Cetonana barrosi Mello-Leitão, 1951: 337, f. 11-12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025325]

Meriola barrosi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 9, f. 1-2, 4-18 (Dm, f, T from Cetonana)

Meriola barrosi Ramírez, 2014: 264, f. 179A (f)

Meriola macrocephala González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56, f. 1g, 4c-d, g, 5a-f, 6a-i, 46a-h, 47a-g, 48a-d, f-j (mf, T from Trachelopachys, removed from nomen dubium contra Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 7, S of Meriola barrosi)

Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025335

Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 24, f. 54-58 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola manuel González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 67, f. 2a-d, 49a-h, 50a-f, 51a-d (mf)

Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Brazil, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025336

Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 36, f. 97-101 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola mauryi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 68, f. 3d-g, 52a-h, 53a-f, 54a-d (mf)

Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025337

Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 14, f. 24-28 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola nague González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 72, f. 55a-h, 56a-h, 57a-i (mf)

Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025338

Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 20, f. 44-48 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola penai González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 72, f. 3a-c, 4e-f, h, 58a-i, 59a-f, 60a-e (mf)

Meriola peras Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052840

Meriola peras González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 73, f. 61a-h, 62a-i, 63a-d (Dmf) Original description

Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025339

Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 31, f. 77-81 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola puyehue González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 81, f. 64a-h, 65a-f, 66a-f (mf)

Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025340

Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 29, f. 69-71 (Dm) Original description

Meriola quilicura González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 84, f. 67a-h, 68a-f, 69a-g (m, Df)

Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025341

Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 35, f. 92-96 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola rahue González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 88, f. 1e, 4d, 6j-l, 70a-h, 71a-f, 72a-d (mf)

Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025342

Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 38, f. 102-104 (Dm; f = Meriola davidi per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34) Original description

Meriola ramirezi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 89, f. 73a-h, 74a-h, 75a-f (m, Df)

Meriola setosa (Simon, 1897) | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025097

Ceto setosa Simon, 1897b: 509 (Dm) Original description

Ceto hyltonae Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 53, f. 52-53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025333]

Trachelopachys gulosus Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 51, f. 50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060354]

Trachelopachys segmentatus Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 418, f. 43-44 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060360]

Cetonana elongata Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 114, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060353]

Trachelas gulosus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys)

Trachelas segmentatus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys)

Meriola hyltonae Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 32, f. 82-86 (mf, T from Cetonana, S of Cetonana elongata, Trachelas gulosus and T. segmentatus)

Meriola setosa González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 93, f. 76a-h, 77a-f, 78a-d, f-h, 79a-e (mf, T from Cetonana, S of Meriola hyltonae)

Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Chile, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025343

Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 22, f. 49-53 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola tablas González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 103, f. 80a-h, 81a-f, 82a-d (mf)

Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995 | | Brazil, Uruguay, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025344

Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 34, f. 87-91 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola teresita González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 105, f. 83a-h, 84a-f, 85a-d (mf)

Meriola virgata (Simon, 1904) | | Chile urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025345

Trachelas virgatus Simon, 1904e: 105, f. 4 (Dmf) Original description

Meriola virgata Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 12, f. 3, 19-23 (mf, T from Trachelas)

Meriola virgata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 111, f. 86a-h, 87a-f, 88a-e (mf)