''Opilio'' is a genus of
harvestmen
The Opiliones (formerly Phalangida) are an Order (biology), order of arachnids,
Common name, colloquially known as harvestmen, harvesters, harvest spiders, or daddy longlegs (see below). , over 6,650 species of harvestmen have been discovered w ...
with 35 known species.
Name
The genus name is derived from
Latin
Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ...
''opilio'' "sheep-master" (a kind of slave), used by
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus ( ; 254 – 184 BC) was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest Latin literary works to have survived in their entirety. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by Livius Andro ...
, also used by
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Rome, ancient Roman poet of the Augustan literature (ancient Rome), Augustan period. He composed three of the most fa ...
with the meaning "shepherd".
[Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. ''Harvard University Press'' ]
Species
''Opilio'' contains the following thirty-five species:
* ''
Opilio afghanus''
Roewer, 1960
* ''
Opilio apsheronicus''
Snegovaya, 2005
* ''
Opilio arborphilus''
Snegovaya, 2010
* ''
Opilio canestrinii
''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
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September ...
''
(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
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Roewer, 1952
* ''
Opilio himalincola''
Martens, 1973
* ''
Opilio insulae''
Roewer, 1956
* ''
Opilio kakunini''
Snegovaya, Cokendolpher & Mozaffarian, 2018
* ''
Opilio lederi
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Roewer, 1911
* ''
Opilio lepidus
''Opilio lepidus'' is a species of harvestman in the Phalangiidae family. In 1937, members of the species were found in Lankaran, Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan, officially the Republic of Azerbaijan, is a Boundaries between the continents, tra ...
''
Koch, 1879
* ''
Opilio magnus
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Hadži, 1973
* ''
Opilio minutus
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Meade, 1855
* ''
Opilio morini
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Snegovaya, 2016
* ''
Opilio nabozhenkoi
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Snegovaya, 2010
*†''
Opilio ovalis
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Berendt & Koch, 1854
* ''
Opilio parietinus''
(De Geer, 1778)
* ''
Opilio putnik
''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
Publius Vergilius Maro (; 15 October 70 BC21 September ...
''
Karaman, 1999
* ''
Opilio ravennae
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Spoek, 1962
* ''
Opilio rossicus
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
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
''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".Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & ...
''
Roewer, 1959
References
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Harvestmen