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.