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Pimoa

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Pimoa
Temporal range: Palaeogene–present
Pimoa laurae
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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

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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

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See the description under Pimoidae.

Species

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As of January 2026, this genus includes 86 species:[2]

Fossil species

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The following species were all found in baltic amber from the Paleogene.[3]

References

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  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.
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