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 Martens, 1965Greece Nelima aladjensis Mitov, 1997Bulgaria Nelima aokii Suzuki, 1974Japan Nelima atrorubra Roewer, 1910Spain Nelima coreana Suzuki, 1983South Korea Nelima cretica Roewer, 1957Greece (Crete) Nelima doriae (Canestrini, 1872)Europe to Russia Nelima elegans (Weed, 1889)USA (Eastern) to Canada Nelima genufusca (Karsch, 1881)Japan (South Korea?) Nelima gothica Lohmander, 1945Europe Nelima hispana Martens, 1969Spain Nelima kansuensis Schenkel, 1953China Nelima lutea Roewer, 1957Japan Nelima meridionalis Marcellino, 1972Italy Nelima mexicana Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942Mexico (Districto Federale) Nelima minorica Prieto, Wijnhoven & Febrer, 2022Spain Nelima monfraguensis Wijnhoven, 2024Spain Nelima morova Goodnight & Goodnight, 1944Japan Nelima narcisi Novak & Slana, 2003Italy, Slovenia, Croatia Nelima nigricoxa Sato & Suzuki, 1939Japan Nelima nigripalpis (Simon, 1879)France, Italy Nelima nigromaculata (Lucas, 1846)Algeria Nelima okinawaensis Suzuki, 1964Japan Nelima paessleri (Roewer, 1910)USA, Alaska, Oregon etc (Pacific Northwest), Canada (British Columbia) Nelima parva Suzuki, 1974Japan Nelima pontica Kharitonov, 1941Georgia, Bulgaria, Russia Nelima ponticoides Martens, 1969France (Corsica) Nelima recurvipenis Martens, 1969France (Corsica) Nelima saghalina Roewer, 1957Russia Nelima satoi Suzuki, 1944Japan Nelima sempronii Szalay, 1951Europe (Eastern and Central) Nelima silvatica (Simon, 1879)Europe (Western), Algeria Nelima similis Suzuki, 1974Japan Nelima suzukii Tsurusaki, 2003Japan, Russia Nelima taiwana Suzuki, 1977Taiwan Nelima tancitaro Goodnight & Goodnight, 1942Mexico (Michoacan) Nelima troglodytes Roewer, 1910Europe (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 – The Biology of Opiliones. Harvard University Press, USA.
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