Opilio parietinus

Opilio parietinus
Opilio parietinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Suborder: Eupnoi
Superfamily: Phalangioidea
Family: Phalangiidae
Subfamily: Opilioninae
Genus: Opilio
Species: O. parietinus
Binomial name
Opilio parietinus
(De Geer, 1778)
Synonyms

Phalangium parietinum
Opilio longipes
Opilio leucophaeus
Phalangium cinereum
Phalangium baumii
Phalangium segmentatum

Opilio parietinus is a species of harvestman. It is 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 Like O. canestrini it was often found on house walls in central Europe, but has by now almost everywhere been replaced by this invasive species.[1]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Bellmann 1997: 250

References

  • Joel Hallan's Biology Catalog: Phalangiidae
  • Bellmann, Heiko (1997): Kosmos-Atlas Spinnentiere Europas. Kosmos. ISBN 3440107469 (in German)


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