Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing
- Dataset
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Spider Genus Meriola Banks (Araneae: Trachelidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Arthropoda
- class
- Arachnida
- order
- Araneae
- family
- Trachelidae
- genus
- Meriola
- species
- Meriola gallina
description
Description. Male and female described by Platnick & Ewing (1995). Natural history and habitat. The specimens were collected on shrub steppes and Nothofagus antartica forests.
description
Figs 34 – 36, 94 b
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Males (Figs 35 – 36) are recognized by the curved distally RTA and the long embolus arising from the prolateral side. Females (Fig. 34) are distinguished by the protruding posterior lobe on the epigynal median field.
distribution
Distribution. Known from a few localities in Cordillera, Linares, Curicó and Malleco provinces in Chile (Fig. 94 b). New records. CHILE: Región RM Metropolitana de Santiago: Provincia de Cordillera: Reserva Nacional Río Clarillo, S 33.763407 °, W 70.419388 °, 5. II – 6. III. 2008, collector unknown, 1 male, temporary preparations MGM- 00226 – 00227 (MACN-Ar 30967). Región VII del Maule: Provincia de Curicó: El Relvo, 20 Km E Potrero Grande, S 35.190907 °, W 70.8130279 °, elev. 1100 m, 1 – 20. IV. 2004, malaise trap, J. Barriga, 1 female (MACN-Ar 30358). Región IX de la Araucanía: Provincia de Malleco: Parque Nacional Nahuelbuta, S 37.784643 °, W 72.953286 °, elev. 1200 m, 12. II. 2005, Nothofagus antartica, fogging, J. Barriga, 1 female, temporary preparation MGM- 00225 (MACN-Ar 30356). Monumento Natural Contulmo, S 38.034412 °, W 73.196368 °, 19 – 21. XII. 1998, M. Ramírez, L. Compagnucci, C. Grismado & L. Lopardo, 1 male (MACN-Ar 16389), 1 male (MNHS).
Name
- Homonyms
- Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing