Pimoidae is a small family of araneomorph spiders first described by J. Wunderlich in 1986.[2] As re-circumscribed in 2021, it is monophyletic,[1] and contained 85 species in two genera.[3] It is closely related to the Linyphiidae,[1][4] and is sometimes treated as synonymous with that family.[5]
| Pimoidae Temporal range: | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Pimoidae Wunderlich, 1986 |
| Diversity | |
| 2 genera, 85 species[1] | |
The species Pimoa cthulhu, described by Gustavo Hormiga in 1994, is named for Howard Phillips Lovecraft's mythological deity Cthulhu.[4]
Distribution
The ancestors of the family are thought to have been widely distributed across the Palearctic, Nearctic and Sino-Japanese regions, but species now have a more fragmented distribution.[1]
Genera and species
As of April 2022[update], the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera and species:[6]
- Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005
- Nanoa enana Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005 — USA
- Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 — North America, Asia, Europe
- Pimoa altioculata (Keyserling, 1886) – USA, Canada
- Pimoa anatolica Hormiga, 1994 – China
- Pimoa anning Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa binchuanensis Zhang & Li, 2019 – China
- Pimoa bomi Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa breuili (Fage, 1931) – Spain
- Pimoa breviata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa cawarong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa clavata Xu & Li, 2007 – China
- Pimoa cona Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa crispa (Fage, 1946) – India
- Pimoa cthulhu Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa curvata Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa daman Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa danba Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa delphinica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 – Italy
- Pimoa deqen Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa dongjiu Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa duiba Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa edenticulata Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa exigua Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2021 – China
- Pimoa gagna Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
- Pimoa gandhii Hormiga, 1994 – India
- Pimoa graphitica Mammola, Hormiga & Isaia, 2016 – Italy, France
- Pimoa guiqing Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa gyaca Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa gyara Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa gyirong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa haden Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 – USA
- Pimoa heishui Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa hespera (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) (type species) – USA
- Pimoa indiscreta Hormiga, 1994 – India
- Pimoa jellisoni (Gertsch & Ivie, 1936) – USA
- Pimoa jinchuan Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa khaptad Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa koshi Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa lata Xu & Li, 2009 – China
- Pimoa laurae Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa lemenba Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa lhatog Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa lihengae Griswold, Long & Hormiga, 1999 – China
- Pimoa mainling Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa mechi Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa mephitis Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa miandam Zhang & Li, 2021 – Pakistan
- Pimoa miero Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa mono Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa mude Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa muli Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa nainital Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
- Pimoa naran Zhang & Li, 2021 – Pakistan
- Pimoa nematoides Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
- Pimoa ninglang Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa nyalam Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa nyingchi Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa petita Hormiga, 1994 – USA
- Pimoa phaplu Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa pingwuensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
- Pimoa putou Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa rara Zhang & Li, 2021 – Nepal
- Pimoa reniformis Xu & Li, 2007 – China
- Pimoa rongxar Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa rupicola (Simon, 1884) – France, Italy
- Pimoa samyai Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa sangri Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa shigatse Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa shoja Zhang & Li, 2021 – India
- Pimoa sinuosa Hormiga, 1994 – Nepal
- Pimoa tehama Hormiga & Lew, 2014 – USA
- Pimoa tengchong Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa thaleri Trotta, 2009 – India
- Pimoa trifurcata Xu & Li, 2007 – China
- Pimoa vera Gertsch, 1951 – USA
- Pimoa wanglangensis Yuan, Zhao & Zhang, 2019 – China
- Pimoa wulipoensis Irfan, Wang & Zhang, 2021 – China
- Pimoa xiahe Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa xinjianensis Zhang & Li, 2019 – China
- Pimoa yadong Zhang & Li, 2020 – China
- Pimoa yajiangensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
- Pimoa yejiei Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa yele Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa zayu Zhang & Li, 2021 – China
- Pimoa zekogensis Irfan, Wang, Zhao & Zhang, 2022 – China
- Pimoa zhigangi Zhang & Li, 2021 – China