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