Poecilaemula Roewer, 1912

Kury, Adriano B. & Medrano, Miguel, 2018, A whiter shade of pale: anchoring the name Paecilaema C. L. Koch, 1839 onto a neotype (Opiliones, Cosmetidae), Zootaxa 4521 (2), pp. 191-219 : 213-214

Poecilaemula Roewer, 1912

Poecilaemula Roewer 1912: 100 ; Roewer 1915: 125; Roewer 1928: 605; Kury 2003: 81 [junior subjective synonym of Paecilaema C.L. Koch, 1839 by Goodnight & Goodnight (1953: 54); synonymy disclaimed by Kury (2003); type species: Meterginus signatus Banks, 1909 , by original designation].

Paecilaemula (incorrect subsequent spelling): Roewer 1915: 125; Roewer 1923: 374; Roewer 1928: 605; Mello-Leitão 1932: 64, 442; Mello-Leitão 1933: 106.

Diagnosis. Very large cosmetids (♂ 8 mm, ♀ 6.5 mm of body length) with very long legs (I to IV: 21/48/31/ 45 mm). DS outline beta classic with wide carapace, scutal area I unarmed and area III with a pair of small tubercles. White blots as headless arborescent chevron and reticulate markings on lateral posterior border of dorsal scutum, joining with a longitudinal line in the margin of mesotergum. Fe I-IV straight and entirely smooth. Hypertelic chelicerae in males. Tarsal counts: 7/15/10 /11.

Included species. Only the type species.

5) Poecilaemula signata ( Banks, 1909)

Meterginus signatus Banks 1909: 228 [Syntypes (MCZ; SMF), COSTA RICA, Turrialba].

Poecilaemula signatum: Roewer 1912: 100 .

Paecilaemula signata: Roewer 1923: 374 , fig. 454; Roewer 1928: 606; Mello-Leitão 1932: 65. Poecilaemula signata: Kury 2003: 81 .