Pimoa
Encyclopedia
Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the Pimoidae family. Its sister genus is Nanoa
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with the meaning "big legs". The other genera in the family match its ending.
Nanoa
Nanoa is a sister genus of Pimoa, in the spider family Pimoidae, containing the single species Nanoa enana.-Etymology:Combined from Greek nanos "dwarf" and the ending -oa, which follows the other pimoid genera Pimoa and Weintrauboa.The epitheton enana of the only species means "dwarf" in...
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Etymology
Pimoa is derived from the language of the Gosiute people in UtahUtah
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with the meaning "big legs". The other genera in the family match its ending.
Species
- Pimoa altioculata (Keyserling, 1886) – USA, Canada, Alaska
- Pimoa anatolica Hormiga, 1994 – China
- Pimoa breuili (Fage, 1931) – Spain
- Pimoa breviata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa crispa (Fage, 1946) – India
- Pimoa cthulhuPimoa cthulhuPimoa cthulhu is a species of the spider family Pimoidae. It is one of twenty one described species in the genus Pimoa.-Etymology:Pimoa is derived from the language of the Gosiute people in Utah and means "big legs"...
Hormiga, 1994 – USA - Pimoa curvata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa edenticulata Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994 – India
- Pimoa haden Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa hespera (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
- Pimoa indiscreta Hormiga, 1994 – India
- Pimoa jellisoni (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
- Pimoa laurae Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa lihengae Griswold, Long & Hormiga, 1999 – China
- Pimoa mephitis Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa mono Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa nematoides Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
- Pimoa petita Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa rupicola (Simon, 1884) – France, Italy
- Pimoa sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
- Pimoa vera Gertsch, 1951 – USA