Opilio

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Opilio
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Opilio canestrinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Opiliones
Family: Phalangiidae
Subfamily: Opilioninae
Genus: Opilio
Herbst, 1798
Type species
Opilio parietinus
(De Geer, 1778)
Species

35, see text

Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with 35 known species.

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

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Opilio contains the following thirty-five species:[2]

References

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