Eurylepis Blyth, 1854 is the oldest available name for the taeniolatus group, and the schneiderii group is placed in a new genus.
The three species of the Middle American schwartzei species group form a clade that cannot be associated with any other group of Eumeces and, therefore, they are also placed in a new genus.
Andreas Schmitz, Patrick Mausfeld, and Dirk Embert (2004 Hamadryad 28(12): 73-89) analyzed molecular data to demonstrate that the lizard genus Eumeces is paraphyletic, and propose a new generic name, Pariocela Fitzinger (1843) for all North American skinks previously referred to that genus.
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