Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing

Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing

Figs 83–85, 92

Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 34, figs 87–91 (male holotype and female allotype from Santa Teresita, Buenos Aires, Argentina, in MACN, examined).

Diagnosis. Both sexes resemble those of M. ramirezi by the orange-brown carapace and smooth cuticle, and uniform gray abdomen. Males (Figs 84–85) can be distinguished by having leg cuspules, and by the RTA with two tiny tips. Females (Fig. 83) can be distinguished by the large spherical S2 with stalks, and small spherical S1 and CDR (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: figs 90, 91).

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

Natural history and habitat. The specimens were collected in leaf litter and at the base of Cortaderia selloana.

Distribution. Known from Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, Canelones in Uruguay and Buenos Aires province in Argentina (Fig. 92).

New records. BRAZIL: Rio Grande do Sul: Bom Jesus: Fazenda Santa Cruz, S 28.736271°, W 50.251321°, 28–30.III.1998, A. Bonaldo, 1 female (MCN 29270). URUGUAY: Canelones: S 34.516666°, W 56.283332°, 7.V.1970, J. Garcia, 1 male (MCN 27394). ARGENTINA: Buenos Aires: San Isidro: Acassuso: Reserva Municipal Refugio Natural Educativo Ribera Norte. Sauzal. (CJG-Loc-16a), S 34.46729°, W 58.49365°, 21.VII.2014, hand collection, C. Grismado, R. Rodíguez Landó et. al., 1 female (MACN-Ar 32008). Same data, leaf litter, 1 male (MACN-Ar 32430). Same data (CJG-Loc-18d), 21.VII–29.VIII.2014, pitfall, C. Grismado, R. Rodíguez Landó & L. Rodríguez Demarco, 1 female (MACN-Ar 32704). Same data (CJG-Loc-19d), 28.VIII–29.IX.2014, pitfall, R. Rodríguez Landó, L. Rodríguez Demarco & C. Lorca, 1 female (MACN-Ar 33059). Same data (CJG-loc- 19a), 28.IX.2014, hand collection, R. Rodríguez Landó, L. Rodríguez Demarco & C. Lorca, 1 female (MACN-Ar 33066). Same data (CJG-Loc-21d), 25.IX–28.X.2014, pitfall, R. Rodíguez Landó & L. Rodríguez Demarco, 1 female (MACN-Ar 33335). San Fernando: Isla Talavera, 2 km E de Zárate, S 34.054449°, W 58.917384°, 3.XI.1996, M. Ramírez, 1 female (MACN-Ar 16363). Zárate: Las Palmas, S 34.069377°, W 59.150693°, VI.1982, M. Ramírez, 1 female, temporary preparation MGM-00360 (MACN-Ar 30975). Zárate, S 34.103734°, W 59.035608°, 10.I.1979, P. Goloboff, 1 female (MACN-Ar 16344). La Plata: Isla Martín García, S 34.182558°, W 58.251352°, 1940, J. Viana, 1 female (MACN-Ar 16634). Campana: Reserva Natural Otamendi, S 34.225306°, W 58.900250°, elev. 32 m, 22.IV.2006, M. Ramírez, F. Labarque & C. Sosa, 1 female (MACN-Ar 11063). Reserva Natural Otamendi, S 34.230186°, W 58.869773°, 10.VI.1997, M. Ramírez, L. Compagnucci, C. Grismado & F. Uehara, 3 females, 1 imm. (MACN-Ar 16340). Tigre: Dique Luján, S 34.373824°, W 58.687124°, VIII.1938, J. Daguerre, 1 male (MACN-Ar 16367). Tigre, S 34.426289°, W 58.578823°, VII.1957, leaf litter, J. Viana, 3 females (MACN-Ar 16492). Same locality, VIII.1959, J. Viana, 4 females (MACN-Ar 16369). Tigre: Don Torcuato, S 34.505213°, W 58.629944°, IV.1939, J. Boero, 1 female (MACN-Ar 16637). San Miguel: Bella Vista, S 34.576207°, W 58.698456°, II.1979, P. Goloboff, 1 female (MACN-Ar 16356). Ensenada: Punta Lara, S 34.805302°, W 58.033479°, 11.X.1981, F. Miranda & M. Ramírez, 1 male, temporary preparations MGM-00361–00362 (MACN-Ar 30951). Partido de La Costa: Santa Teresita, S 36.544051°, W 56.690393°, II.1984, M. Ramírez, 1 female, 1 male (MACN-Ar 9405). Partido de la Costa: Mar del Tuyú, S 36.577613°, W 56.701718°, 2.V.1981, base of Cortaderia selloana, M. Ramírez, 1 male (MACN-Ar 30952). Tandil, S 37.31566°, W 59.142152°, J. Viana, 6 females (MACN-Ar 16640).