Nelima is a genus of harvestmen in the family Sclerosomatidae.
Description
The genus Nelima was described by Roewer, 1910. As of late 2025, the genus contains 37 species (See also older lists )
Species
These species belong to the genus Nelima:
- Nelima adelheidiana <small>Martens, 1965</small>Greece
- Nelima aladjensis <small>Mitov, 1997</small>Bulgaria
- Nelima aokii <small>Suzuki, 1974</small>Japan
- Nelima atrorubra <small>Roewer, 1910</small>Spain
- Nelima coreana <small>Suzuki, 1983</small>South Korea
- Nelima cretica <small>Roewer, 1957</small>Greece (Crete)
- Nelima doriae <small>(Canestrini, 1872)</small>Europe to Russia
- Nelima elegans <small>(Weed, 1889)</small>USA (Eastern) to Canada
- Nelima genufusca <small>(Karsch, 1881)</small>Japan (South Korea?)
- Nelima gothica <small>Lohmander, 1945</small>Europe
- Nelima hispana <small>Martens, 1969</small>Spain
- Nelima kansuensis <small>Schenkel, 1953</small>China
- Nelima lutea <small>Roewer, 1957</small>Japan
- Nelima meridionalis <small>Marcellino, 1972</small>Italy
- Nelima mexicana <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small>Mexico (Districto Federale)
- Nelima minorica <small>Prieto, Wijnhoven & Febrer, 2022</small>Spain
- Nelima monfraguensis <small>Wijnhoven, 2024</small>Spain
- Nelima morova <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1944</small>Japan
- Nelima narcisi <small>Novak & Slana, 2003</small>Italy, Slovenia, Croatia
- Nelima nigricoxa <small>Sato & Suzuki, 1939</small>Japan
- Nelima nigripalpis <small>(Simon, 1879)</small>France, Italy
- Nelima nigromaculata <small>(Lucas, 1846)</small>Algeria
- Nelima okinawaensis <small>Suzuki, 1964</small>Japan
- Nelima paessleri <small>(Roewer, 1910)</small>USA, Alaska, Oregon etc (Pacific Northwest), Canada (British Columbia)
- Nelima parva <small>Suzuki, 1974</small>Japan
- Nelima pontica <small>Kharitonov, 1941</small>Georgia, Bulgaria, Russia
- Nelima ponticoides <small>Martens, 1969</small>France (Corsica)
- Nelima recurvipenis <small>Martens, 1969</small>France (Corsica)
- Nelima saghalina <small>Roewer, 1957</small>Russia
- Nelima satoi <small>Suzuki, 1944</small>Japan
- Nelima sempronii <small>Szalay, 1951</small>Europe (Eastern and Central)
- Nelima silvatica <small>(Simon, 1879)</small>Europe (Western), Algeria
- Nelima similis <small>Suzuki, 1974</small>Japan
- Nelima suzukii <small>Tsurusaki, 2003</small>Japan, Russia
- Nelima taiwana <small>Suzuki, 1977</small>Taiwan
- Nelima tancitaro <small>Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942</small>Mexico (Michoacan)
- Nelima troglodytes <small>Roewer, 1910</small>Europe (Eastern)
Selected synonyms
For Nelima albiangulata , plus junior synonyms Nelima insignita , and Nelima margaritata , see Nelima nigricoxa albiangulata after . For Nelima fuscifrons per see Leiobunum blackwalli (Contra misdet. Leiobunum rotundum). For Nelima humilis see Gyas annulatus . For Nelima melanodorsum see Odiellus aspersus . For Nelima valida see Nelima genufusca genufusca .
References
Further reading
- (eds.) (2007). Harvestmen â The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.
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