Poecilaemula

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]

Poecilaemula
Poecilaemula eutypa in Panama (Credit to Dario Taraborelli).
Scientific classification
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
Diversity
8 spp. (see text)
Synonyms

None (but see “Paecilaemula” Roewer, 1915).

Description

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]

Species

These species belong to the genus Poecilaemula:

Etymology

The genus is feminine. Genus name derives from a misspelling of pre-existing genus Paecilaema + feminine form of Latin suffix -ulus.[1]

References
  1. "Poecilaemula". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. "Poecilaemula". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  3. "Poecilaemula". iNaturalist. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  4. "Poecilaemula". GBIF. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  5. Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus". Journal of Natural History. 58 (9–12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966.

Further reading
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9
  • Medrano, M.; Kury, A.B.; Martins, P.H.; Proud, D.N. (2024). "The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus". Journal of Natural History. 58 (9–12): 311–329. doi:10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966.
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