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Opilio
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 21
- With media
- 2
- Family
- Phalangiidae
- Collections
- MNHN, AM, WCU
- Recorded in
- France, Australia, United States, Indonesia, Nederland
Wikidata facts
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- Parent taxon
- Phalangiidae
- Image
- Opilio canestrinii (compositie).jpg
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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".
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