Opilio | |
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Opilio canestrinii | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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)
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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]
Opilio contains the following thirty-five species: [2]
Opilio | |
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| |
Opilio canestrinii | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
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]
Opilio contains the following thirty-five species: [2]