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Pimoa

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Pimoa
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Pimoa laurae
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Pimoa

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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

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.