Pimoa

Pimoa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Pimoidae
Genus: Pimoa
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943
Species

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Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the Pimoidae family. Its sister genus is Nanoa.

Etymology

Pimoa is derived from the language of the Gosiute people in Utah with the meaning "big legs".[1] The other genera in the family match its ending.

Distribution

See the description under Pimoidae.

Species

  • Pimoa altioculata (Keyserling, 1886) – USA, Canada, Alaska
  • Pimoa anatolica Hormiga, 1994 – China
  • Pimoa breuili (Fage, 1931) – Spain
  • Pimoa breviata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
  • Pimoa crispa (Fage, 1946) – India
  • Pimoa cthulhu Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa curvata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
  • Pimoa edenticulata Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994 – India
  • Pimoa haden Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
  • Pimoa hespera (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
  • Pimoa indiscreta Hormiga, 1994 – India
  • Pimoa jellisoni (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
  • Pimoa laurae Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa lihengae Griswold, Long & Hormiga, 1999 – China
  • Pimoa mephitis Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa mono Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa nematoides Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
  • Pimoa petita Hormiga, 1994 – USA
  • Pimoa rupicola (Simon, 1884) – France, Italy
  • Pimoa sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
  • Pimoa vera Gertsch, 1951 – USA

References

  1. Hormiga, G. (1994). "A revision and cladistic analysis of the spider family Pimoidae (Araneoidea: Araneae)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 549: 1–104. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.549.