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

Pimoa
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Pimoa laurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pimoidae
Genus: Pimoa
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943
Species

84, see text

Etymology edit

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

Distribution edit

See the description under Pimoidae.

Species edit

As of January 2022 it contains eighty-four species:[2]


References edit

  1. ^ Hormiga, G.; Buckle, D. J.; Scharff, N. (2005). "Nanoa, an enigmatic new genus of pimoid spiders from western North America (Pimoidae, Araneae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145 (2): 249–262. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00192.x.
  2. ^ "Gen. Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 20 January 2022.