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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Opiliones |
| Superfamily: | Gonyleptoidea |
| Family: | Stygnidae |
| Subfamily: | Heterostygninae |
| Genus: | Eutimesius Roewer, 1913 |
| Type species | |
| Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913
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| Species | |
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| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
Eutimesius is a genus of harvestmen in the family Stygnidae with five described species (as of 2024).12 All species are found in South America.134
Description
The genus Eutimesius was described by Roewer, 1913, with the type species Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913. They are diagnosed by the cephalothorax with one enlarged eminence; dorsal scute with white spots; area III with two spines; and the penis with distal U-shaped cleft, ventral plate narrow and long at base; stylus with dorsal process and the basal half of the glans membranous (See Pinto-da-Rocha, Machado & Giribet, 1997)
Species
These species belong to the genus Eutimesius:
- Eutimesius albicinctus (Roewer, 1915) – Venezuela (Mérida).
- Eutimesius ephippiatus (Roewer, 1915) – Colombia (Quindío).
- Eutimesius ornatus (Roewer, 1943) – Colombia (Cundinamarca); Venezuela(Táchira).
- Eutimesius punctatus (Roewer, 1913) – Venezuela (Mérida).
- Eutimesius simoni Roewer, 1913 – Brazil (Amazonas); Colombia (Putumayo); Ecuador (Sucumbíos, Los Ríos); Peru (Loreto).
Etymology
The genus is Masculine. From Greek εὖ (rightful, proper, good) + pre-existing genus Timesius.
References
References
- "Eutimesius". Kury, A. et al. (2024). WCO-Lite: World Catalogue of Opiliones. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- "Eutimesius". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- "Eutimesius". iNaturalist. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- "Eutimesius". GBIF. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
Further reading
Further reading
- Pinto-da-Rocha, R., Machado, G. & Giribet, G. (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA. ISBN 0-674-02343-9