Zimiris
Genus of spiders
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Zimiris is a genus of long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1882.[2] As of June 2019[update] it contains only two species, found in the Caribbean, Africa, South America, Asia, Germany, Mexico, and on Saint Helena: Z. diffusa and Z. doriae.[1]
| Zimiris | |
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| Z. doriae in Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Prodidomidae |
| Genus: | Zimiris Simon, 1882[1] |
| Type species | |
| Z. doriae Simon, 1882 | |
| Species | |
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Species
As of January 2026[update], this genus includes two species:[1]
- Zimiris diffusa Platnick & Penney, 2004 – Yemen (Socotra), India. Introduced to St. Helena
- Zimiris doriae Simon, 1882 – Ivory Coast, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, Pakistan, India. Introduced to Mexico, Caribbean, Venezuela, French Guiana, Brazil, Ascension Island, Germany, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia
