Opilio
| Opilio | |
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| Opilio canestrinii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Phalangiidae |
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| Genus: | Opilio Herbst, 1798 |
| Type species | |
Kratochvíl, 1936
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 63 species | |
Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with more than 60 known species.
Name[]
The genus name is derived from Latin opilio "sheep-master" (a kind of slave), used by Plautus, also used by Virgil with the meaning "shepherd".[1]
Species[]
- Rossi, 1847
- Walker, 1860
- Herbst, 1798 (Indonesia)
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1960
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1952
- (Kulczynski, in Zichy 1901) (China)
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1956 (synonym of ?)
- Opilio canestrinii (Thorell, 1876)
- Roewer, 1956
- (, 1912) (Syria)
- (Simon, 1895) (Mongolia)
- (Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
- L. Koch, 1878 (Japan)
- Silhavý, 1938 (former Yugoslavia)
- (Thorell, 1876) (Iran)
- Starega, 1986 (China)
- Roewer, 1952
- Saito, 1937
- Hadzi, 1973
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1956
- Saito, 1937
- Charitonov, 1957
- Nakatsudi, 1943
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1911 (Poland?)
- Opilio lepidus L.Koch, in Schneider 1878 (Kaukasian)
- Gruber, 1963
- Hadzi, 1973
- Suzuki, 1957
- Schenkel, 1953
- Caporiacco, 1935 (Karakoram)
- Roewer, 1956
- Roewer, 1956
- Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778) (Europe, North America)
- Kratochvíl, 1936 (Czech Republic)
- Wang, 1941 (China)
- Suzuki, 1950
- Hadzi, 1973
- Gritsenko, 1979 (Kirgizistan)
- (Simon, 1895)
- Karaman, 1999 (Montenegro)
- Wang, 1941 (China)
- Spoek, 1962
- Roewer, 1956
- Starega, 1966
- Silhavý, 1938 (former Yugoslavia)
- Suzuki, 1957
- C. L. Koch, 1839
- (Karsch, 1881) (China)
- Roewer, 1911 (China)
- Roewer, 1956
- Nakatsudi, 1943
- Wang, 1941 (China)
- Roewer, 1956 (Greece)
- (Kulczynski, 1901) (China, Mongolia)
- Roewer, 1911 (China)
- Roewer, 1923 (Siberia, Mongolia)
References[]
- ^ Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9
Further reading[]
- Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae[permanent dead link]
Categories:
- Harvestmen