Poecilaemula signata

Poecilaemula signata is a species of harvestman in the family Cosmetidae found in Central America. It was first described by Nathan Banks in 1909.

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
List Meterginus signatus Banks, 1909 Poecilaemula signatum (Banks, 1909) Paecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) Poecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) Paecilaemana reimoseri Roewer, 1933

It was transferred to the current name combination of Poecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909) by Roewer (1912) [see Etymology below].

Distribution

It is only known from the vicinity of Limón, 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.

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

External links

• Media related to Poecilaemula signata at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Poecilaemula signata at Wikispecies