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).
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]
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