Pimoa daman

Pimoa daman
Habitus of female holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Pimoidae
Genus: Pimoa
Species:
P. daman
Binomial name
Pimoa daman
Zhang & Li, 2021
P. daman has the number 4

Pimoa daman is a species of true spider in the family Pimoidae. It is found in Nepal.

Distribution

As of 2021, this species is only known from one female specimen, so not much is known about the distribution. It was found in a forest near Panorama Resort in Daman, Narayani District, Nepal at an elevation of around 2401 m (7877 ft).

Etymology

The specific epithet is derived from the type locality, Daman in the Narayani District.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Xu, Hao; Zhang, Xiaoqing; Yao, Zhiyuan; Ali, Abid; Li, Shuqiang (2021-04-08). "Thirty-five new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Pan-Himalaya". ZooKeys (1029): 1–92. Bibcode:2021ZooK.1029....1X. doi:10.3897/zookeys.1029.64080. ISSN 1313-2970. PMC 8050015. PMID 33935549.