Pimoa

Pimoa
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Pimoa laurae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pimoidae
Genus: Pimoa
Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943
Type species
Labulla hespera
Gertsch & Ivie, 1936
Species

86, see text

Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the family Pimoidae. Its sister genus is the monotypic 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").

Distribution

See the description under Pimoidae.

Species

As of January 2026, this genus includes 86 species:

Fossil species

The following species were all found in baltic amber from the Paleogene.

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.
  2. ↑ "Gen. Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2026-01-17.
  3. ↑ Dunlop, Jason A.; Jekel, Denise (2009–2011). "Nomenclatural Notes on Fossil Spiders". Arachnology. 14 (9): 357–360. doi:10.13156/100.014.0903. ISSN 2050-9928.