Pimoa

Pimoa Temporal range: Palaeogene–present PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pimoa laurae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Pimoidae
Genus:	Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943
Type species
Labulla hespera Gertsch & Ivie, 1936
Species
85, see text

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

Etymology

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

See the description under Pimoidae.

Species

As of November 2024 ^[update] it contains eighty-five species: ^[2]

• Pimoa altioculata (Keyserling, 1886) – USA, Canada, Alaska
• Pimoa anatolica Hormiga, 1994 – China
• Pimoa anning Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa binchuanensis Zhang & Li, 2019 – China
• Pimoa bomi Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa breuili (Fage, 1931) – Spain
• Pimoa breviata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
• Pimoa cawarong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa clavata Xu & Li, 2007 – China
• Pimoa cona Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa crispa (Fage, 1946) – India
• Pimoa cthulhu Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa curvata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
• Pimoa daman Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa danba Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa delphinica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 – Italy
• Pimoa deqen Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa dongjiu Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa duiba Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa edenticulata Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa exigua Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2021 – China
• Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
• Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994 – India
• Pimoa graphitica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 – Italy, France
• Pimoa guiqing Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa gyaca Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa gyara Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa gyirong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa haden Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
• Pimoa heishui Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa hespera (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
• Pimoa indiscreta Hormiga, 1994 – India
• Pimoa jellisoni (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
• Pimoa jinchuan Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa khaptad Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa koshi Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa lata Xu & Li, 2009 – China
• Pimoa laurae Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa lemenba Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa lhatog Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa lihengae Griswold, Long & Hormiga, 1999 – China
• Pimoa mainling Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa mechi Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa mephitis Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa miandam Zhang & Li, 2021 – Pakistan
• Pimoa miero Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa mono Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa mude Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa muli Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa nainital Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
• Pimoa naran Zhang & Li, 2021 – Pakistan
• Pimoa nematoides Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
• Pimoa ninglang Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa nyalam Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa nyingchi Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa petita Hormiga, 1994 – USA
• Pimoa phaplu Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa pingwuensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
• Pimoa putou Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa rara Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
• Pimoa rongxar Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa reniformis Xu & Li, 2007 – China
• Pimoa rupicola (Simon, 1884) – France, Italy
• Pimoa samyai Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa sangri Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa shigatse Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
• Pimoa sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
• Pimoa tehama Hormiga & Lew, 2014 – USA
• Pimoa tengchong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa thaleri Trotta, 2009 – India
• Pimoa trifurcata Xu & Li, 2007 – China
• Pimoa vera Gertsch, 1951 – USA
• Pimoa wanglangensis Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019 – China
• Pimoa wulipoensis Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2021 – China
• Pimoa xiahe Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa xinjianensis Zhang & Li, 2019 – China
• Pimoa yadong Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
• Pimoa yajiangensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
• Pimoa yejiei Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa yele Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa zayu Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
• Pimoa zekogensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
• Pimoa zeluni Lin & Li, 2023 – China
• Pimoa zhigangi Zhang & Li, 2021 – China

Fossil species

The following species were all found in baltic amber from the Paleogene. ^[3]

• Pimoa expandens Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa hormigai Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa inopinata Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa liedtkei Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa lingua Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa longiscapus Wunderlich, 2008
• Pimoa multicuspuli Wunderlich, 2004
• Pimoa obruens Wunderlich, 2008

References

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.
3. Dunlop, Jason A.; Jekel, Denise (2009–2011). "Nomenclatural Notes on Fossil Spiders". Arachnology. 14 (9): 357–360. doi:10.13156/100.014.0903. ISSN   2050-9928.

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