Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Pimoidae
Genus: Weintrauboa
Species (7): W. chikunii – W. contortipes – W. insularis – W. plana – W. pollex – W. yele – W. yunnan
Unaccepted species (1): W. megacanthus
Name
Weintrauboa Hormiga, 2003
Type species: Linyphia contortipes Karsch, 1881, by original designation.
References
Primary references
Hormiga, G. 2003: Weintrauboa, a new genus of pimoid spiders from Japan and adjacent islands, with comments on the monophyly and diagnosis of the family Pimoidae and the genus Pimoa (Araneoidea, Araneae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 139(2): 261–281. DOI: 10.1046/j.1096-3642.2003.00072.x PDF
Additional references
Hormiga, G. 2008: On the spider genus Weintrauboa (Araneae, Pimoidae), with a description of a new species from China and comments on its phylogenetic relationships. Zootaxa, 1814: 1–20. Abstract & excerpt
Xu, X.; Li, S.-q. 2007: Taxonomic study of the spider family Pimoidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China. Zoological studies, 46(4): 483–502. PDF
Xu, X. & Li, S.Q. 2009. Three new pimoid spiders from Sichuan Province, China (Araneae: Pimoidae). Zootaxa 2298: 55–63. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Yang, Z.Z., Zhu, M.S. & Song, D.X. 2006. A newly recorded genus and a new species of the spider family Pimoidae from Yunna, China (Arachnida: Araneae). The Raffless Bulletin of Zoology 54(2): 235-239. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Weintrauboa is a spider genus of the small family Pimoidae. The nearest relatives of Weintrauboa are in the genus Pimoa.[1]
Etymology
Named after Robert L. Weintraub of George Washington University.
Distribution
Both species are known from Russia and Japan.
Species
Weintrauboa chikunii (Oi, 1979) — Japan
Weintrauboa contortipes (Karsch, 1881) — Russia, Japan
Weintrauboa insularis (Saito, 1935) — Russia, Japan
Weintrauboa plana Xu & Li, 2009 — China
Weintrauboa pollex Xu & Li, 2009 — China
Weintrauboa yele Hormiga, 2008 — China
Weintrauboa yunnan Yang, Zhu & Song, 2006 — China
References
http://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Weintrauboa/classification/
Hormiga, G. (2003). Weintrauboa, a new genus of pimoid spiders from Japan and adjacent islands, with comments on the monophyly and diagnosis of the family Pimoidae and the genus Pimoa (Araneoidea, Araneae) Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 139:261-281. PDF
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