Opilio
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Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with more than sixty known recent species.
opilio "sheep-master" (a kind of slave), used by Plautus
, also used by Virgil
with the meaning "shepherd".
Name
The genus name is derived from LatinLatin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
opilio "sheep-master" (a kind of slave), used by Plautus
Plautus
Titus Maccius Plautus , commonly known as "Plautus", was a Roman playwright of the Old Latin period. His comedies are the earliest surviving intact works in Latin literature. He wrote Palliata comoedia, the genre devised by the innovator of Latin literature, Livius Andronicus...
, also used by Virgil
Virgil
Publius Vergilius Maro, usually called Virgil or Vergil in English , was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He is known for three major works of Latin literature, the Eclogues , the Georgics, and the epic Aeneid...
with the meaning "shepherd".
Species
- Opilio acanthopus Rossi, 1847
- Opilio scabripes Walker, 1860
- Opilio monacanta Herbst, 1798 (Indonesia)
- Opilio aborensis RoewerCarl Friedrich RoewerCarl Friedrich Roewer was a German arachnologist. He concentrated on harvestmen, where he described almost a third of today's known species, but also almost 700 taxa of spiders and numerous Solifugae....
, 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 canestriniiOpilio canestriniiOpilio canestrinii is a species of harvestman.Males reach a body length of up to 6 mm, females up to 8 mm. While males are yellowish brown to reddish, the color is lighter in females. Males have dark legs, but yellow coxae and "knees"; the legs of females show alternatingly light and dark rings...
(Thorell, 1876) - Opilio chinensis Roewer, 1956
- Opilio conigerus (Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
- Opilio consputus (SimonEugène SimonEugène Simon was a French arachnologist. His many taxonomic contributions include categorizing and naming many spiders, as well as creating genera such as Anelosimus, Psellocoptus and Phlogius....
, 1895) (Mongolia) - Opilio coxipunctus (Sørensen, 1912) (Syria)
- Opilio decoratus L. KochLudwig Carl Christian KochLudwig Carl Christian Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist.He was born in Regensburg, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany. He studied in Nuremberg, initially law, but then turned to medicine and science...
, 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 lepidusOpilio lepidusOpilio lepidus is a species of harvestman in the Phalangiidae family. In 1937, members of the species were sited in Lankaran, Azerbaijan....
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 parietinusOpilio parietinusOpilio 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...
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, 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. KochCarl Ludwig KochCarl Ludwig Koch was a German entomologist and arachnologist. He was responsible for classifying a great number of spiders, including the Brazilian whiteknee tarantula and Common house spider. He was born in Kusel, Germany and died in Nuremberg, Germany.Carl Ludwig Koch was an inspector of water...
, 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)