Pimoa

Life-forms

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: Pimoa
Subgenera: P. (Louisfagea) – P. (Pimoa) – †P. (Eopimoa)
Species: P. altioculata – P. anatolica – P. anning – P. binchuanensis – P. bomi – P. breuili – P. breviata – P. cawarong – P. clavata – P. cona – P. crispa – P. cthulhu – P. curvata – P. daman – P. danba – P. delphinica – P. deqen – P. dongjiu – P. duiba – P. edenticulata – P. exigua – P. gagna – P. gandhii – P. graphitica – P. guiqing – P. gyaca – P. gyara – P. gyirong – P. haden – P. heishui – P. hespera – P. indiscreta – P. jellisoni – P. jinchuan – P. khaptad – P. koshi – P. lata – P. laurae – P. lemenba – P. lhatog – P. lihengae – P. mainling – P. mechi – P. mephitis – P. miandam – P. miero – P. mono – P. mude – P. muli – P. nainital – P. naran – P. nematoides – P. ninglang – P. nyalam – P. nyingchi – P. petita – P. phaplu – P. pingwuensis – P. putou – P. rara – P. reniformis – P. rongxar – P. rupicola – P. samyai – P. sangri – P. shigatse – P. shoja – P. sinuosa – P. tehama – P. tengchong – P. thaleri – P. trifurcata – P. vera – P. wanglangensis – P. wulipoensis – P. xiahe – P. xinjianensis – P. yadong – P. yajiangensis – P. yejiei – P. yele – P. zayu – P. zekogensis – P. zhigangi – †P. longiscapus – †P. obruens
Name

Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943

Type species: Labulla hespera Gertsch & Ivie, 1936
References
Primary references

Chamberlin, R.V. & Ivie 1943. New genera and species of North American linyphiid spiders. Bulletin of the University of Utah 33(10): 1-39. Reference page.

Additional references

Griswold, C.E., Long, C.L. & Hormiga, G. 1999. A new spider of the genus Pimoa from Gaoligong Mountains, Yunnan, China (Araneae, Araneoidea, Pimoidae). Acta Botanica Yunnanica Supplement 11: 91-97. Reference page.
Irfan, M., Wang, L.Y., Zhao, J.X. & Zhang, Z.S. 2022. Three new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of China. Zootaxa 5092(3): 318–330. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5092.3.4. Paywall. Reference page.
Irfan, M., Wang, L.Y. & Zhang, Z.S. 2021. Two new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 (Araneae, Pimoidae) from China. Acta Arachnologica Sinica 30(2): 113-117. DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1005-9628.2021.02.0. Paywall. Reference page.
Lin, Y.J., Marusik, Y.M., Gao, C.X., Xu, H., Zhang, X.Q., Wang, Z.Y., Zhu, W.H & Li, S.Q. 2021. Twenty-three new spider species (Arachnida: Araneae) from Asia. Zoological Systematics 46(2): 91–152. DOI: 10.11865/zs.2021201. Open access. Reference page.
Mammola, S., Hormiga, G., Arnedo, M.A. & Isaia, M. 2016. Unexpected diversity in the relictual European spiders of the genus Pimoa (Araneae : Pimoidae). Invertebrate Systematics 30: 566–587. Reference page.
Michalik, P.; Hormiga, G. 2010: Ultrastructure of the spermatozoa in the spider genus Pimoa: new evidence for the monophyly of Pimoidae plus Linyphiidae (Arachnida: Araneae). American Museum novitates, (3682 ) DOI: 10.1206/680.1
Wunderlich, J. 2008. Descriptions of fossil spider (Araneae) taxa mainly in Baltic amber, as well as on certain related extant taxa. Beiträge zur Araneologie 5: 44–139, 803–804, 813–818. Reference page.
Xu, X.; Li, S.-q. 2007: Taxonomic study of the spider family Pimoidae (Arachnida: Araneae) from China. Zoological studies, 46: 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.
Xu, H., Zhang, X.Q., Yao, Z.Y., Ali, A. & Li, S.Q. 2021. Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya. ZooKeys 1029: 1–92. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080. Open access. Reference page.
Zhang, X-Q. & Li, S-Q. 2019. On three species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from China. Zookeys, 855: 1–13. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.855.33501 Reference page.
Zhang, X.Q., Lan, T.Q., Nie, L. & Li, S.Q. 2020. Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Tibet, China. ZooKeys 940: 079-104. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.940.49793. Open access. Reference page.

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 January 2022 it contains eighty-four 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 zhigangi Zhang & Li, 2021 – China

References

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.

"Gen. Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 20 January 2022.

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.