Poecilaemula eutypa

Poecilaemula eutypa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Cosmetidae
Subfamily: Metergininae
Genus: Poecilaemula
Species:
P. eutypa
Binomial name
Poecilaemula eutypa
(Chamberlin, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Meterginoides eutypa Chamberlin, 1925
  • Paecilaemella eutypa (Chamberlin, 1925) in Goodnight & Goodnight, 1947
  • Paecilaema eutypta (Chamberlin, 1925) in Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
  • Paecilaema eutypa (Chamberlin, 1925) in Kury 2003
  • Paecilaema eutypum (Chamberlin, 1925) in Kury & Alonso-Zarazaga 2011

Poecilaemula eutypa is a species of harvestman from Central America in the family Cosmetidae. It was first described by Ralph Vary Chamberlin in 1925.[1]

It was transferred to the current name combination of Poecilaemula eutypa (Chamberlin, 1925) by Medrano et al. (2024)[2]

Distribution

It is only known from the vicinity of the Panama Canal, in Panama.

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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