Opilio

Opilio
For other uses, see Opilio crab.
Opilio
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Family: Phalangiidae
Subfamily: Opilioninae
Genus: 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.

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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)

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


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