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Meriola

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Meriola
Meriola californica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Trachelidae
Genus: Meriola
Banks, 1895[1]
Type species
M. decepta
Banks, 1895
Species

24, see text

Meriola is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.[2]

Species

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As of April 2019 it contains twenty-four species,[1] three from the United States and Canada:[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Gloor, Daniel; Nentwig, Wolfgang; Blick, Theo; Kropf, Christian (2019). "Gen. Meriola Banks, 1895". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-05-20.
  2. ^ Banks, N. (1895). "A list of the spiders of Long Island; with descriptions of new species". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 3: 76–93.
  3. ^ a b c "Genus Meriola". BugGuide. Retrieved 2019-05-20.