Poecilaemula is a genus of harvestmen in the family Cosmetidae with eight described species (as of early 2024).

[1][3][4] An overview of the taxonomy was provided by Medrano et al. (2024)[5] The genus Poecilaemula was described by Roewer, 1912 with the type species Poecilaemula signata (Banks, 1909).

The South American species require further revision to re-assess their taxonomic placement.

[5] These species belong to the genus Poecilaemula: The genus is feminine.

Genus name derives from a misspelling of pre-existing genus Paecilaema + feminine form of Latin suffix -ulus.