Meterginoides Roewer, 1912 nom. rest.

Meterginoides Roewer 1912: 102; Roewer 1923: 379; Roewer 1928: 610; Mello-Leitão 1933: 106; Mello-Leitão 1935b: 113 [junior subjective synonym of Paecilaema C.L. Koch, 1839 by Goodnight & Goodnight (1953: 54); type species: Meterginus inermis Banks, 1909, by original designation].

Diagnosis. Medium sized cosmetids (approximately 5 mm of body length) with short legs (I to IV: 13/20/15.5/ 20 mm), DS outline alpha-type without median ornamentation in mesotergum. Headless arborescent chevron in lateral parts of carapace and a transverse line in scutal groove III. Basal portion of Fe III-IV enlarged and armed with

ventral rows of tubercles. Hypertelic chelicera with incrassated bulla. Tarsal counts: 7/14/8 /8 ( Meterginus inermis after Goodnight & Goodnight, 1953). Included species. Only the type species.

1) Meterginoides inermis (Banks, 1909) comb. rest.

Meterginus inermis Banks 1909: 229 [♂ holotype (MCZ), COSTA RICA, Tablazo].

Meterginoides inermis: Roewer 1912: 103; Roewer 1923: 379; Roewer 1928: 610.

Paecilaema inermis: Goodnight & Goodnight 1953: 54 .

Paecilaema inerme: Kury 2003: 77 .