Opilio

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Opilio
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Opilio

Herbst, 1798
Type species
Opilio silhavyi
Kratochvíl, 1936
Species

Opilio canestrinii
Opilio parietinus

others, see text
Diversity
63 species

Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with more than sixty known recent 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

Footnotes

  1. ^ Pinto-da-Rocha et al. 2007: 1

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
  • Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ISBN 0-674-02343-9