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Pimoa

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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

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

Etymology

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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

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See the description under Pimoidae.

Species

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


References

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  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.