Poecilaemula
{{Short description|Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Paecilaema_eutypum_174278160.jpg
| image_caption = Poecilaemula eutypa in Panama
| taxon = Poecilaemula
| authority = Roewer, 1912
| display_parents= 3
| type_species = Meterginus signatus
| type_species_authority = Banks, 1909
| 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). All species are from Central America or South America.
An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Medrano et al. (2024)
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.
Species
These species belong to the genus Poecilaemula:
- Poecilaemula eutypa {{small|(Chamberlin, 1925)}}{{snd}}Panama
- Poecilaemula iching {{small|Medrano, Kury, Martins & Proud, 2024}}{{snd}}Panama
- Poecilaemula lavarrei {{small|Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942}}{{snd}}Guyana
- Poecilaemula metatarsalis {{small|Roewer, 1915}}{{snd}}Venezuela
- Poecilaemula moniliata {{small|Roewer, 1928}}{{snd}}Ecuador
- Poecilaemula peruviana {{small|Roewer, 1947}}{{snd}}Peru
- Poecilaemula signata {{small|(Banks, 1909)}}{{snd}}Costa Rica
- Poecilaemula smaragdula {{small|Mello-Leitão, 1941}}{{snd}}Brazil (Espírito Santo)
Etymology
The genus is feminine. Genus name derives from an altered spelling of pre-existing genus Paecilaema + feminine form of Latin suffix [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/-ulus#Latin -ulus].
References
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Further reading
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- {{aut|Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G.}} (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. {{ISBN|0-674-02343-9}}
- {{Cite journal|last1=Medrano|first1=M.|last2=Kury|first2=A.B.|last3=Martins|first3=P.H.|last4=Proud|first4=D.N.|date=2024|title=The first harvestman described from Bocas del Toro Archipelago: a new Poecilaemula (Opiliones: Cosmetidae) and notes about the genus|journal=Journal of Natural History|volume=58|issue=9-12|pages=311–329|doi=10.1080/00222933.2024.2314966|pmid= |s2cid=|issn=|doi-access=|language=en}}
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