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Eutimesius
Sign in to saveEutimesius is a genus of harvestmen in the family Stygnidae with five described species (as of 2024). All species are found in South America.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassArachnida
- OrderOpiliones
- FamilyStygnidae
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Eutimesius is a genus of harvestmen in the family Stygnidae with five described species (as of 2024). All species are found in South America.
==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)