Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing

Figs 80–82, 96

Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995: 22, figs 49–53 (male holotype from Las Tablas, E Curico, Curico, Región del Maule (VII), Chile, in AMNH, not examined).

Diagnosis. Males are very similar to M. manuel by the similar body shape and the relatively flat oval carapace, and by the long, straight, basally widened RTA, but differ by the uniform pattern of the abdomen, and the shorter RTA. Females (Fig. 80) are also similar to M. manuel, but differ by the uniform abdominal pattern and the larger spermathecae.

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

Natural history and habitat. Unknown.

Distribution. Known from Neuquén province in Argentina and Quillota, Santiago, Curicó and Talca provinces in Chile (Fig. 96).

Material examined. Chile: Región V (de Valparaíso), Prov. Quillota: Las Palmas de Ocoa, R. Calderón, 31.VIII.1984, not burned, trap#14, 1 male, sample MGM-00490 (AMNH) . Región VII del Maule: Prov. Talca: Alto de Vilches 70 km E Talca, S & J. Peck, 5.XII.1985, 1300 m, Nothofagus, for FIT, 1 female, sample MGM- 00489 (AMNH) .