Opilio Explained
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
- Web site: Kury . A. B. . Mendes . A. C. . Cardoso . L. . Kury . M. S. . Granado . A. de A . Giribet . G. . Cruz-López . J. A. . Longhorn . S. J. . Medrano . M. . 1 . 2023 . World Catalogue of Opiliones . 16 February 2023 . WCO-Lite version 2.5.1 . Kury . I. S. . Souza-Kury . M. A..
