PAECILAEMELLA ROEWER, 1925 TRANSL. NOV.

Paecilaemella Roewer, 1925: 13 . Junior subjective synonym of Meterginoides, Roewer, 1912 by Goodnight & Goodnight (1942); junior subjective synonym of Paecilaema C.L. Koch, 1839 by Goodnight & Goodnight 286, examined by photograph). Guayas: Naranjito [–2.16687°, –79.47997], 1 ♀ (SMF RII 1472/146, holotype of Paecilaema albantica, examined by photograph).

Non-type material: Ecuador. Santa Elena: La Rinconada [–1.71333°, –80.79667°, 100 m]), S Aguilar leg., 11.x.2013, 2 ♂ 1 ♀ (QCAZ AK 389); [–1.70778°, –80.79667°, 200 m], A Calle leg., 12.x.2013, 1 ♂ 1 ♀ (QCAZ AK 390) .

Remarks: Kury & Medrano (2018) recently revalidated the genus Paecilaemella from the synonymy with Paecilaema (here considered as Cosmetinae s.s.) and restored the combination Paecilaemella festae Roewer, 1925 from Paecilaema festivum Kury, 2003 (change in specific epithet is because the new combination rejects the homonymy with Paecilaema festae Roewer, 1925). It is interesting to note that P. albantica was described by Roewer (1947) as congeneric of P.festae [situation changed by the extensive synonymies proposed by Goodnight & Goodnight (1953)]. The cladistic analysis, here presented, agrees with the vision of Roewer that those species are part of the same group; however, a detailed study of the Flirteinae subfam. nov. is necessary because of the lack of description of genital morphology in several species.

(1953: 54); synonymy rejected by Kury & Medrano (2018: 210). Type-species by monotypy: Paecilaemella festae Roewer, 1925 .