Genus Pimus

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Identification · Range · Remarks · Print References · Works Cited

$Pimus - Pimus fractus$ $Callobius? - Pimus fractus$

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Chelicerata (Chelicerates)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynae)

Family Amaurobiidae (Hacklemesh Weavers)

Genus Pimus

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

See the World Spider Catalog.

Numbers

There are 10 species in this genus.

Identification

Superficially similar to Amaurobius but distinguished by the genitalia.(1)

Range

Members of this genus are only known from California and Oregon.(1)

Remarks

Species list:

P. dessicatus

P. eldorado

P. fractus

P. hesperellus

P. iviei

P. leucus

P. napa

P. nawtawaketus

P. pitus

P. salamensis

Print References

2010 SDSU Masters Thesis of Robin Keith, entitled "Species limits, molecular phylogenetics and historical biogeography of the California spider genus Pimus (Araneae: amaurobiidae)" can be found here: https://digitallibrary.sdsu.edu/islandora/object/sdsu%3A4596

Works Cited

1.	A revision of the Nearctic Amaurobiidae (Arachnida: Araneidae) Robin Leech. 1972. Memoirs of the Entomological Society of Canada 84: 1-82.

Contributed by marshal hedin on 23 March, 2009 - 10:50pm
Additional contributions by cheins, kschnei
Last updated 27 May, 2022 - 10:37am

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