Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925

Medrano, Miguel, Caramori, Laura R. & Kury, Adriano B., 2025, Three new species of Paecilaemella (Cosmetidae: Flirteinae) from the upper Amazonian Basin, Zootaxa 5563 (1), pp. 222-236 : 223

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5563.1.15
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14727924
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scientific name	Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925
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Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925 View in CoL

Paecilaemella Roewer 1925: 13 View in CoL . Junior subjective synonym of Meterginoides, Roewer, 1912 View in CoL by Goodnight & Goodnight (1942); junior subjective synonym of Paecilaema C.L. Koch, 1839 View in CoL by Goodnight & Goodnight (1953: 54); synonymy rejected by Kury & Medrano (2018: 210) View Cited Treatment .

Paecilaemella View in CoL — Roewer 1928: 626; Mello-Leitão 1932: 91; Roewer 1933: 290; Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942: 9.

“ Poecilaemella ” [incorrect subsequent spelling]: Mello-Leitão 1935: 113.

Etymology. From the pre-existing genus Paecilaema + suffix - ella. Gender feminine.

Placement. Originally in Cosmetinae . Transferred to Flirteinae by Medrano, Kury & Mendes (2021: 33).

Included species. Paecilaemella festae Roewer, 1925 (type-species by monotypy), Paecilaemella multimaculata ( Wood, 1869) , Paecilaemella ornata ( Roewer, 1912) , Paecilaemella andi sp. nov., Paecilaemella armasi sp. nov., Paecilaemella geminorum sp. nov.

Distribution. Upper Amazonas basin of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. Only P. ornata is an exception, occurring on Pacific slope of the Ecuadorian Andes, outside the typical range.