Meriola is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Trachelidae, first described by Nathan Banks in 1895.

Species: it contains twenty-four species, three from the United States and Canada:

• Meriola arcifera (Simon, 1886) – Chile, Bolivia, Argentina. Introduced to USA (California, Hawaii)
• Meriola balcarce Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola barrosi (Mello-Leitão, 1951) – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola californica (Banks, 1904) – USA (Pacific Coast and Baja California), Mexico
• Meriola cetiformis (Strand, 1908) – Peru, Brazil, Bolivia, Chile, Argentina
• Meriola davidi Grismado, 2004 – Argentina
• Meriola decepta Banks, 1895 (type) – Eastern to Midwest United States & south to Guatemala, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil
• Meriola fasciata (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Brazil, Argentina
• Meriola foraminosa (Keyserling, 1891) – Venezuela to Chile
• Meriola gallina Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
• Meriola goloboffi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola hyltonae (Mello-Leitão, 1940) – Brazil, Argentina
• Meriola longitarsis (Simon, 1904) – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola manuel Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
• Meriola mauryi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola nague Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
• Meriola penai Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola puyehue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola quilicura Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile
• Meriola rahue Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola ramirezi Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola tablas Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Chile, Argentina
• Meriola teresita Platnick & Ewing, 1995 – Argentina
• Meriola virgata (Simon, 1904) – Chile