Poecilaemula | |
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Poecilaemula eutypa in Panama (Credit to Dario Taraborelli). | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Opiliones |
Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
Family: | Cosmetidae |
Subfamily: | Metergininae |
Genus: |
Poecilaemula Roewer, 1912 |
Type species | |
Meterginus signatus
Banks, 1909
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Diversity | |
8 spp. (see text) | |
Synonyms | |
None (but see “Paecilaemula” Roewer, 1915). |
Poecilaemula is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with eight described species (as of early 2024). [1] [2] All species are from Central America or South America. [1] [3] [4] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Medrano et al. (2024) [5]
The genus Poecilaemula was described by Roewer, 1912 with the type species Poecilaemula signata ( Banks, 1909). The South American species require further revision to re-assess their taxonomic placement. [5]
These species belong to the genus Poecilaemula:
The genus is feminine. Genus name derives from a misspelling of pre-existing genus Paecilaema + feminine form of Latin suffix -ulus. [1]