Biology:Opilio
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Short description: Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
| Opilio | |
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| Opilio canestrinii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Family: | Phalangiidae |
| Subfamily: | Opilioninae |
| Genus: | Opilio Herbst, 1798 |
| Type species | |
| Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778)
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| Species | |
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Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with 35 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
Opilio contains the following thirty-five species:[2]
- Opilio afghanus Roewer, 1960
- Opilio apsheronicus Snegovaya, 2005
- Opilio arborphilus Snegovaya, 2010
- Opilio canestrinii (Thorell, 1876)
- Opilio caucasicus Snegovaya, 2010
- Opilio coxipunctus (Sørensen, 1911)
- Opilio decoratus Koch, 1878
- Opilio dinaricus Šilhavý, 1938
- Opilio ejuncidus (Thorell, 1876)
- Opilio grasshoffi Staręga, 1986
- Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952
- Opilio himalincola Martens, 1973
- Opilio insulae Roewer, 1956
- Opilio kakunini Snegovaya, Cokendolpher & Mozaffarian, 2018
- Opilio lederi Roewer, 1911
- Opilio lepidus Koch, 1879
- Opilio magnus Hadži, 1973
- Opilio minutus Meade, 1855
- Opilio morini Snegovaya, 2016
- Opilio nabozhenkoi Snegovaya, 2010
- †Opilio ovalis Berendt & Koch, 1854
- Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778)
- Opilio putnik Karaman, 1999
- Opilio ravennae Spoek, 1962
- Opilio rossicus Snegovaya, 2016
- Opilio rutilus Morin, 1934
- Opilio ruzickai Šilhavý, 1938
- Opilio saxatilis Koch, 1839
- Opilio setipenis Snegovaya, 2008
- Opilio shirvanicus Snegovaya, 2005
- Opilio silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1936
- Opilio silvestris Snegovaya, 2010
- Opilio transversalis Roewer, 1956
- Opilio trispinifrons Roewer, 1911
- Opilio validus Roewer, 1959
References
- ↑ Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN:0-674-02343-9
- ↑ Kury, A. B.; Mendes, A. C.; Cardoso, L.; Kury, M. S.; Granado, A. de A; Giribet, G.; Cruz-López, J. A.; Longhorn, S. J. et al. (2023). "World Catalogue of Opiliones". https://wcolite.com/.
Wikidata ☰ Q2245128 entry
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