Zimirina is a genus of long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.[2] It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,[3] but was returned to Prodidominae in 2022.[1]

Zimirina
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Prodidomidae
Genus: Zimirina
Dalmas, 1919[1]
Type species
Z. penicillata
(Simon, 1893)
Species

15, see text

Species

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As of August 2022 it contains fifteen species, found in Africa, Portugal, Italy, Spain, and on Saint Helena:[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Zimirina Dalmas, 1919". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. ^ Dalmas, R. de (1919). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. pp. 279–340.
  3. ^ Azevedo, G. H. F; Griswold, C. E.; Santos, A. J. (2018). "Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae)". Cladistics. 34 (6): 614. doi:10.1111/cla.12226.