Nanoa is a sister genus of Pimoa

Pimoa

Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the Pimoidae family. Its sister genus is Nanoa.-Etymology:Pimoa is derived from the language of the Gosiute people in Utah with the meaning "big legs"...

, in the spider

Spider

Spiders are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs, and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom. They are the largest order of arachnids and rank seventh in total species diversity among all other groups of organisms...

 family Pimoidae

Pimoidae

The Pimoidae spider family is a rather small group of 37 species in four genera. They are monophyletic, and probably closest related to the Linyphiidae.-Distribution:...

, containing the single species Nanoa enana.

Etymology

Combined from Greek nanos "dwarf" and the ending -oa, which follows the other pimoid genera Pimoa

Pimoa

Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the Pimoidae family. Its sister genus is Nanoa.-Etymology:Pimoa is derived from the language of the Gosiute people in Utah with the meaning "big legs"...

and Weintrauboa

Weintrauboa

Weintrauboa is a spider genus of the small Pimoidae family. The nearest relatives of Weintrauboa are in the Pimoa genus.-Species:* Weintrauboa chikunii * Weintrauboa contortipes -References:...

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The epitheton enana of the only species means "dwarf" in Spanish

Spanish language

Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

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Description

N. enana is the smallest known pimoid species, with a total body length of only 1.5 mm.