▁A pe omy inae ▁as ▁a ▁sub family , ▁in ▁a ▁ 2 0 0 8 ▁summary ▁of ▁North ▁American ▁e omy ids , ▁Lawrence ▁F lyn n ▁placed ▁the ▁group ▁as ▁a ▁tribe , ▁A pe omy ini , ▁within ▁the ▁sub family ▁E omy inae . ▁F lyn n ▁described ▁A pe om yo ides ▁as ▁the ▁most ▁derived ▁a pe omy ine . ▁ ▁A pe om yo ides ▁sav age i ▁was ▁described ▁as ▁a ▁new ▁genus ▁and ▁species ▁by ▁Kent ▁Smith , ▁Richard ▁C if elli , ▁and ▁Nicholas ▁Cz ap le w ski ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 6 . ▁The ▁generic ▁name , ▁A pe om yo ides , ▁adds ▁the ▁Greek ▁suffix ▁- ides , ▁indicating ▁similarity , ▁to ▁the ▁name ▁of ▁the ▁related ▁genus ▁A pe om ys , ▁while ▁the ▁specific ▁name , ▁sav age i , ▁hon ors ▁Donald ▁E . ▁Sav age ▁for ▁his ▁work ▁on ▁foss il ▁m amm als ▁and ▁for ▁assistance ▁to ▁Smith . ▁In ▁the ▁same ▁paper , ▁these ▁scient ists ▁argued ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁a pe omy ine ▁aff in ities ▁for ▁A rik are e om ys . ▁ ▁Description ▁ ▁A pe om yo ides ▁sav age i ▁is ▁a ▁large ▁e omy id , ▁though ▁not ▁as ▁large ▁as ▁M ega pe om ys ▁l inds ay i ▁and ▁M .   b ob w il son i . ▁M ega pe om ys ▁rep en ning i ▁from ▁Japan ▁is ▁similar ▁in