''Opilio'' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an order of arachnids colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs. , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered worldwide, although the total number of ext ...
with more than 60 known species.
Name
The genus name is derived from
Latin
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''opilio'' "sheep-master" (a kind of slave), used by
Plautus
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, also used by
Virgil
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with the meaning "shepherd".
[Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press'' ]
Species
* ''
Opilio acanthopus''
Rossi, 1847
* ''
Opilio scabripes''
Walker, 1860
* ''
Opilio monacanta''
Herbst, 1798 (Indonesia)
* ''
Opilio aborensis''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio adungius''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio afghanus''
Roewer, 1960
* ''
Opilio altaicus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio angulatichelis''
Roewer, 1952
* ''
Opilio bidentatus
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Mac ...
''
( Kulczynski, in Zichy 1901) (China)
* ''
Opilio birmanicus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio bolivianus''
Roewer, 1956 (synonym of ''
Cristina bispinifrons''?)
* ''
Opilio canestrinii
''Opilio canestrinii'' is a species of harvestman.
Males reach a body length up to 6 mm, females up to 8 mm. While males are yellowish brown to reddish, females are lighter. Males have dark legs, but yellow coxae and "knees"; the le ...
''
( Thorell, 1876)
* ''
Opilio chinensis''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio conigerus''
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, 1912) (Syria)
* ''
Opilio consputus''
(Simon
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* Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...
, 1895) (Mongolia)
* ''
Opilio coxipunctus''
(Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
* ''
Opilio decoratus''
L. Koch
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch (8 November 1825 – 1 November 1908) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
He was born in Regensburg, Germany, and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicin ...
, 1878 (Japan)
* ''
Opilio dinaricus''
Silhavý, 1938 (former Yugoslavia)
* ''
Opilio ejuncidus''
(Thorell, 1876) (Iran)
* ''
Opilio grasshoffi''
Starega, 1986 (China)
* ''
Opilio hemseni''
Roewer, 1952
* ''
Opilio hexaspinulatus''
Saito, 1937
* ''
Opilio himalincola''
Hadzi, 1973
* ''
Opilio insolitus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio insulae''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio kishidai''
Saito, 1937
* ''
Opilio koreanus''
Charitonov, 1957
* ''
Opilio kubotai''
Nakatsudi, 1943
* ''
Opilio kurilus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio laevis''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio lederi''
Roewer, 1911 (Poland?)
* ''
Opilio lepidus''
L.Koch, in Schneider 1878 (Kaukasian)
* ''
Opilio lindosiellus''
Gruber, 1963
* ''
Opilio magnus''
Hadzi, 1973
* ''
Opilio multidentatus''
Suzuki, 1957
* ''
Opilio nigerrimus''
Schenkel, 1953
* ''
Opilio nigridorsus''
Caporiacco, 1935 (Karakoram)
* ''
Opilio nipponensis''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio pakistanus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio parietinus
''Opilio parietinus'' is a species of harvestman found in Europe and North America. It is similar to '' O. canestrinii'', but has dark spots on its coxae, and is generally more of a grayish green color. Like ''O. canestrini'', it was often foun ...
''
(De Geer
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History
The name derives from the town of Geer near Liège (in present ...
, 1778) (Europe, North America)
* ''
Opilio silhavyi''
Kratochvíl, 1936 (Czech Republic)
* ''
Opilio peipingensis''
Wang, 1941 (China)
* ''
Opilio pentaspinulatus''
Suzuki, 1950
* ''
Opilio pictus''
Hadzi, 1973
* ''
Opilio potanini''
Gritsenko, 1979 (Kirgizistan)
* ''
Opilio potanini''
(Simon, 1895)
* ''
Opilio putnik''
Karaman, 1999 (Montenegro)
* ''
Opilio quadridentatus''
Wang, 1941 (China)
* ''
Opilio ravennae''
Spoek, 1962
* ''
Opilio redikorzevi''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio reginae''
Starega, 1966
* ''
Opilio ruzickai''
Silhavý, 1938 (former Yugoslavia)
* ''
Opilio sachaliensis''
Suzuki, 1957
* ''
Opilio saxatilis
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Mac ...
''
C. L. Koch, 1839
* ''
Opilio serrulatus''
(Karsch, 1881) (China)
* ''
Opilio spinulatus''
Roewer, 1911 (China)
* ''
Opilio suchalinus''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio sunuitensis''
Nakatsudi, 1943
* ''
Opilio tchangi''
Wang, 1941 (China)
* ''
Opilio transversalis''
Roewer, 1956 (Greece)
* ''
Opilio tricolor''
(Kulczynski, 1901) (China, Mongolia)
* ''
Opilio trispinifrons''
Roewer, 1911 (China)
* ''
Opilio zichyi''
Roewer, 1923 (Siberia, Mongolia)
References
Further reading
* Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog
Phalangiidae*
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Harvestmen