Pimoa
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| Pimoa Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
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| Pimoa laurae | |
Scientific 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 | |
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86, see text | |
Pimoa is a genus of spiders in the family Pimoidae. Its sister genus is the monotypic Nanoa.
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.
