Poecilaemula signata

Poecilaemula signata is a species of harvestmen from Central America in the family Cosmetidae. It was first described by Banks in 1909.[1]

Poecilaemula signata
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Cosmetidae
Genus: Poecilaemula
Species:
P. signata
Binomial name
Poecilaemula signata
(Banks, 1909)
Synonyms
  • Meterginus signatus Banks, 1909
  • Poecilaemula signatum (Banks, 1909) in Roewer 1912
  • Paecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) in Roewer 1923
  • Poecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) in Kury 2003

It was transferred to the current name combination of Poecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) by Roewer (1912) [see Etymology below]. A junior subjective synonym of Paecilaemana reimoseri Roewer, 1933 was established by Medrano et al. (2024)[2]

Distribution

It is only known from the vicinity of Limón, in Costa Rica.

Etymology

In Roewer (1912) the name was written as Poecilaemula signatum. Later the species name suffix was subsequently altered (inflected to the feminine for gender agreement with the genus) in Roewer 1923, but using a variant (mis)spelling of the genus as Paecilaemula signata, which was repeated by several authors. The current formation as Poecilaemula signata was given in the extensive catalog of Laniatores by Kury 2003.

References
  1. "Poecilaemula eutypa". Kury, A. et al. (2023). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  2. 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. Bibcode:2024JNatH..58..311M. 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
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