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. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007): Harvestmen - The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press ]
Species
Opilio contains the following thirty-five species:
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Opilio afghanus Roewer, 1960
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Opilio apsheronicus Snegovaya, 2005
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Opilio arborphilus Snegovaya, 2010
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Opilio canestrinii (Thorell, 1876)
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Opilio caucasicus Snegovaya, 2010
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Opilio coxipunctus (Sørensen, 1911)
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Opilio decoratus Koch, 1878
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Opilio dinaricus Šilhavý, 1938
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Opilio ejuncidus (Thorell, 1876)
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Opilio grasshoffi Staręga, 1986
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Opilio hemseni Roewer, 1952
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Opilio himalincola Martens, 1973
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Opilio insulae Roewer, 1956
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Opilio kakunini Snegovaya, Cokendolpher & Mozaffarian, 2018
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Opilio lederi Roewer, 1911
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Opilio lepidus Koch, 1879
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Opilio magnus Hadži, 1973
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Opilio minutus Meade, 1855
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Opilio morini Snegovaya, 2016
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Opilio nabozhenkoi Snegovaya, 2010
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† Opilio ovalis Berendt & Koch, 1854
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Opilio parietinus (De Geer, 1778)
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Opilio putnik Karaman, 1999
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Opilio ravennae Spoek, 1962
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Opilio rossicus Snegovaya, 2016
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Opilio rutilus Morin, 1934
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Opilio ruzickai Šilhavý, 1938
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Opilio saxatilis Koch, 1839
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Opilio setipenis Snegovaya, 2008
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Opilio shirvanicus Snegovaya, 2005
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Opilio silhavyi Kratochvíl, 1936
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Opilio silvestris Snegovaya, 2010
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Opilio transversalis Roewer, 1956
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Opilio trispinifrons Roewer, 1911
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Opilio validus Roewer, 1959
