Eutimesius
Genus of harvestmen/daddy longlegs
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Eutimesius is a genus of harvestmen in the family Stygnidae with five described species (as of 2024).[1][2] All species are found in South America.[1][3][4]
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Scientific classification  | |
| 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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| Diversity | |
| 5 species | |
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.
