Genus Sermyle Stål, 1875: 23

See Brock et al. (2023) for a complete reference list

The genus occurring in North and Central America now contains 11 species. Characteristics contained by the transferred species that allowed generic assignment are the following: somewhat robust head; granulose body; femora II with pre-medial lobes in one species; abdominal segments elongate; cerci short; similar morphology of the terminalia.

Libethra auritus Rehn, 1905: 796 (transferred to Ocnophila by Shelford, 1909) = Sermyle aurita (Rehn, 1905) comb. nov.

>> Holotype ♀ (ANSP): San Jose, C. R. [Costa Rica], Aug. 1904., P. Biolley.; No. 22 [examined through pictures].

Ocnophila ciliata Brunner, 1907: 313 = Sermyle ciliata (Brunner, 1907) comb. nov.

>> Holotype ♀ (NHMUK): Amula, Guerrero, 6000 ft [Mexico] Aug. H. H. Smith.; Godman-Salvin Coll. 1908.–168 .; Holotype; 24; B.C.A. Orth. II. Ocnophila ciliata, Brunn.; BMNH (E) #844572 [examined through pictures] .