Pimus
| Pimus | |
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| Pimus sp. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Amaurobiidae |
| Genus: | Pimus Chamberlin, 1947[1] |
| Type species | |
| P. pitus Chamberlin, 1947
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| Species | |
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10, see text | |
Pimus is a genus of North American tangled nest spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1947.[2]
Species
[edit]As of April 2019[update] it contains ten species, all found in United States:[1]
- Pimus desiccatus Leech, 1972 – USA
- Pimus eldorado Leech, 1972 – USA
- Pimus fractus (Chamberlin, 1920) – USA
- Pimus hesperellus Chamberlin, 1947 – USA
- Pimus iviei Leech, 1972 – USA
- Pimus leucus Chamberlin, 1947 – USA
- Pimus napa Leech, 1972 – USA
- Pimus nawtawaketus Leech, 1972 – USA
- Pimus pitus Chamberlin, 1947 – USA
- Pimus salemensis Leech, 1972 – USA
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gen. Pimus Chamberlin, 1947". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
- ^ Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). "A summary of the known North American Amaurobiidae". Bulletin of the University of Utah. 38 (8): 1–31.