Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing

Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing

Figs 34–36, 94b

Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 20, figs 39–43 (male holotype from Cautin, Región de la Araucania, Chile, in AMNH, not examined).

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.

Description. Male and female described by Platnick & Ewing (1995).

Natural history and habitat. The specimens were collected on shrub steppes and Nothofagus antartica forests.

Distribution. Known from a few localities in Cordillera, Linares, Curicó and Malleco provinces in Chile (Fig. 94b).

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).