type Meriola decepta Banks, 1895; gender feminine

N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Trachelas L. Koch, 1872 by Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (contra Simon, 1897a: 184); transferred from the Corinnidae to the Trachelidae by Ramírez, 2014: 342.

In synonymy:
Meriola arequipa Gertsch, 1942 = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 16).
Meriola barrosi (Mello-Leitão, 1951) = Meriola macrocephala (Nicolet, 1849) (González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56).
Meriola carvalhoi (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Trachelas) = Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27).
Meriola caxambuensis (Mello-Leitão, 1926, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Meriola cinerea (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Cetonana) = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Meriola costulata (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Cetonana) = Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27).
Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935 = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas).
Meriola distincta (Mello-Leitão, 1941, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Meriola elongata (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Cetonana) = Meriola setosa (Simon, 1897) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae).
Meriola gulosa (Mello-Leitão, 1940, T from Trachelas) = Meriola setosa (Simon, 1897) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae).
Meriola hyltonae (Mello-Leitão, 1940) = Meriola setosa (Simon, 1897) (González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 93).
Meriola inornata Banks, 1901 = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas).
Meriola lineolata (Mello-Leitão, 1938, T from Trachelas) = Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27).
Meriola lissopalpus (Mello-Leitão, 1943, T from Cetonana) = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 16).
Meriola parvula (Banks, 1898) = Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, sub Trachelas).
Meriola quadripunctata (Mello-Leitão, 1922, T from Trachelas) = Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Meriola segmentata (Mello-Leitão, 1942, T from Trachelas) = Meriola setosa (Simon, 1897) (Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 33, sub Meriola hyltonae).

Nomina dubia:
Meriola obliterata (Nicolet, 1849: 449, f, Chile, originally in Clubiona) -- González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 58.
Meriola ultima (Nicolet, 1849: 449, f, Chile, originally in Clubiona) -- González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 58.

Trachelas arcifer Simon, 1886f: 171 (Df).
Trachelas lineolata Mello-Leitão, 1938a: 118, f. 39 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060356].
Ceto costulata Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 52, f. 51 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060350].
Trachelas carvalhoi Mello-Leitão, 1943f: 405, f. 3 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060347].
Meriola arcifera Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27, f. 64-68 (mf, T from Trachelas, S of Ceto costulata, Trachelas carvalhoi, T. lineolata).
Meriola arcifera González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 12, f. 7a-h, 8a-f, 9a-d (mf).

Meriola avalosi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 17, f. 10a-h, 11a-f, 12a-f (Dmf).

Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 27, f. 107-109 (Dm).
Meriola balcarce González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 18, f. 13a-h, 14a-f, 15a-e (m, Df).

Trachelas californicus Banks, 1904b: 339, pl. 40, f. 47 (Df).
Trachelas californicus Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 32, f. 40, 107-110 (f, Dm).
Trachelas californicus Dondale & Redner, 1982: 129, f. 237-239 (mf).
Meriola californica Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (T from Trachelas).
Meriola californica González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 23, f. 16a-h, 17a-f, 18a-d (mf).

Gayenna alticola Simon, 1896b: 400 (Dm; misidentified per Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Gayenna alticola Simon, 1897a: 94, f. 87 (m; misidentified per per Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15).
Trachelas cetiformis Strand, 1908e: 241 (Df).
Trachelas 4-punctatus Mello-Leitão, 1922b: 49 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060359].
Trachelas caxambuensis Mello-Leitão, 1926b: 13, f. 14-15 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060348].
Trachelas distinctus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 178, f. 69 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060352].
Cetonana cinerea Mello-Leitão, 1941f: 221, f. 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060349].
Meriola arequipa Gertsch, 1942: 11, f. 34 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060346].
Cetonana lissopalpus Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 116, f. 17 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060357].
Trachelas quadripunctatus Camargo, 1953: 324, f. 10-17 (mf).
Meriola cetiformis Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 15, f. 29-33 (mf, T from Trachelas, S of Cetonana cinerea, C. lissopalpus, Meriola arequipa, Trachelas caxambuensis, T. distinctus, T. quadripunctatus).
Meriola cetiformis González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 26, f. 1f, 19a-h, 20a-h, 21a-d (mf).

Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 38, f. 105-106 (f; misidentified per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34).
Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004d: 234, f. 1-5 (Dm).
Meriola davidi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34, f. 22a-h, 23a-g, 24a-e (m, Df).

Meriola decepta Banks, 1895d: 81 (Df).
Trachelas parvulus Banks, 1898b: 225, pl. 13, f. 28 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060358].
Meriola inornata Banks, 1901b: 574, pl. 33, f. 6 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060355].
Trachelas deceptus Petrunkevitch, 1911: 523.
Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935b: 40, pl. 13, f. 107 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060351].
Meriola decepta Gertsch & Davis, 1940b: 11 (m).
Meriola decepta Muma, 1943: 121, pl. XV, f. 5 (f).
Meriola decepta floridana Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944: 185 (Df).
Trachelas decepta Platnick & Shadab, 1974c: 29, f. 39, 103-106 (mf, S of Meriola decepta floridana, Trachelas inornatus and T. parvulus).
Trachelas decepta Dondale & Redner, 1982: 127, f. 234-236 (mf).
Trachelas decepta Breene et al., 1993: 85, f. 96A-B (mf).
Meriola decepta Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 8 (T from Trachelas).
Meriola decepta González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 37, f. 25a-h, 26a-f, 27a-d (mf).

Trachelopachys fasciatus Mello-Leitão, 1941d: 178, f. 70, pl. 10, f. 48 (Df).
Trachelas fasciatus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys).
Meriola fasciata Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 26, f. 59-63 (Dm, f, T from Trachelas).
Meriola fasciata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 40, f. 1a-b, 2e-g, 4a-b, 28a-h, 29a-f, 30a-e (mf).

Trachelas foraminosus Keyserling, 1891: 60, pl. 2, f. 32 (Df).
Meriola foraminosa Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 29, f. 72-76 (Dm, f, T from Trachelas).
Meriola foraminosa González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 43, f. 31a-h, 32a-f, 33a-d (mf).

Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 20, f. 39-43 (Dmf).
Meriola gallina González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 46, f. 34a-h, 35a-f, 36a-d (mf).

Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 39, f. 110-112 (Dm).
Meriola goloboffi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 49, f. 37a-f, 38a-d (m).

Ceto lineolata Mello-Leitão, 1941c: 253 (Dm).
Meriola lineolata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 50, f. 39a-h, 40a-h, 41a-i, 42a-c (m, Df, T from Cetonana) [N.B.: it is a secondary homonym of M. lineolata (Mello-Leitão, 1938), S of Meriola arcifera, and needs no replacement name].

Trachelas longitarsis Simon, 1904e: 104, f. 5C (Df).
Meriola longitarsis Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 18, f. 34-38 (m, Df, T from Trachelas).
Meriola longitarsis González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 54, f. 43a-h, 44a-g, 45a-b, d-i (mf).

Clubiona macrocephala Nicolet, 1849: 448 (Dmf).
Trachelopachys macrocephalus Simon, 1897a: 185 (T from Clubiona).
Trachelopachys macrocephalus Simon, 1904e: 103 (S of Trachelopachys/Clubiona obliterata and ultima; rejected by Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56, both to nomina dubia).
Trachelas altiformis Simon, 1904e: 104, f. 3 (m; misidentified per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56).
Cetonana barrosi Mello-Leitão, 1951: 337, f. 11-12 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025325].
Meriola barrosi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 9, f. 1-2, 4-18 (Dm, f, T from Cetonana).
Meriola barrosi Ramírez, 2014: 264, f. 179A (f).
Meriola macrocephala González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 56, f. 1g, 4c-d, g, 5a-f, 6a-i, 46a-h, 47a-g, 48a-d, f-j (mf, T from Trachelopachys, removed from nomen dubium contra Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 7, S of Meriola barrosi).

Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 24, f. 54-58 (Dmf).
Meriola manuel González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 67, f. 2a-d, 49a-h, 50a-f, 51a-d (mf).

Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 36, f. 97-101 (Dmf).
Meriola mauryi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 68, f. 3d-g, 52a-h, 53a-f, 54a-d (mf).

Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 14, f. 24-28 (Dmf).
Meriola nague González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 72, f. 55a-h, 56a-h, 57a-i (mf).

Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 20, f. 44-48 (Dmf).
Meriola penai González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 72, f. 3a-c, 4e-f, h, 58a-i, 59a-f, 60a-e (mf).

Meriola peras González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 73, f. 61a-h, 62a-i, 63a-d (Dmf).

Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 31, f. 77-81 (Dmf).
Meriola puyehue González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 81, f. 64a-h, 65a-f, 66a-f (mf).

Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 29, f. 69-71 (Dm).
Meriola quilicura González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 84, f. 67a-h, 68a-f, 69a-g (m, Df).

Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 35, f. 92-96 (Dmf).
Meriola rahue González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 88, f. 1e, 4d, 6j-l, 70a-h, 71a-f, 72a-d (mf).

Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 38, f. 102-104 (Dm; f = Meriola davidi per Gonzáles Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 34).
Meriola ramirezi González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 89, f. 73a-h, 74a-h, 75a-f (m, Df).

Ceto setosa Simon, 1897b: 509 (Dm).
Ceto hyltonae Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 53, f. 52-53 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:025333].
Trachelopachys gulosus Mello-Leitão, 1940b: 51, f. 50 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060354].
Trachelopachys segmentatus Mello-Leitão, 1942b: 418, f. 43-44 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060360].
Cetonana elongata Mello-Leitão, 1943c: 114, f. 16 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:060353].
Trachelas gulosus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys).
Trachelas segmentatus Platnick, 1975d: 10 (T from Trachelopachys).
Meriola hyltonae Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 32, f. 82-86 (mf, T from Cetonana, S of Cetonana elongata, Trachelas gulosus and T. segmentatus).
Meriola setosa González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 93, f. 76a-h, 77a-f, 78a-d, f-h, 79a-e (mf, T from Cetonana, S of Meriola hyltonae).

Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 22, f. 49-53 (Dmf).
Meriola tablas González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 103, f. 80a-h, 81a-f, 82a-d (mf).

Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 34, f. 87-91 (Dmf).
Meriola teresita González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 105, f. 83a-h, 84a-f, 85a-d (mf).

Trachelas virgatus Simon, 1904e: 105, f. 4 (Dmf).
Meriola virgata Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 12, f. 3, 19-23 (mf, T from Trachelas).
Meriola virgata González Márquez, Grismado & Ramírez, 2021: 111, f. 86a-h, 87a-f, 88a-e (mf).