Opilio | |
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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 |
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Species | |
Opilio canestrinii
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Diversity | |
63 species |
Opilio canestrinii
Opilio parietinus
Opilio is a genus of harvestmen with more than sixty known recent 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".