Opilio
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| Genus: | Opilio Herbst, 1798
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Opilio canestrinii
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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
- 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 (Kulczynski, in Zichy 1901) (China)
- Opilio birmanicus Roewer, 1956
- Opilio bolivianus Roewer, 1956 (synonym of Cristina bispinifrons?)
- Opilio canestrinii (Thorell, 1876)
- Opilio chinensis Roewer, 1956
- Opilio conigerus (Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
- Opilio consputus (Simon, 1895) (Mongolia)
- Opilio coxipunctus (Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
- Opilio decoratus L. Koch, 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 (De Geer, 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 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
- ^ 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]