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Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of González, María E., Grismado, Cristian J. & Ramírez, Martín J., 2021, A Taxonomic Revision Of The Spider Genus Meriola Banks (Araneae: Trachelidae), pp. 1-113 in Zootaxa 4936 (1) on page 46, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4936.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/4559165

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
AMNH , MACN-Ar
Event date
1998-12-19
Family
Trachelidae
Genus
Meriola
Kingdom
Animalia
Material sample ID
MACN-Ar 30967, MACN-Ar 30356, MACN-Ar 16389
Order
Araneae
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Platnick & Ewing
Species
gallina
Taxon rank
species
Type status
holotype
Verbatim event date
1998-12-19/2008-03-06

References

  • Platnick, N. I. & Ewing, C. (1995) A revision of the tracheline spiders (Araneae, Corinnidae) of southern South America. American Museum Novitates, 3128, 1 - 41.