Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Tibet, China

By

Zhang, Xiaoqing
Lan, Tianqi
Chen, Zengliang
Li, Shuqiang

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

940

Pages

79--104

Subjects

Asia , Description , Diagnosis , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.940.49793

 

Abstract

Eight new species of the spider genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943 are described from Tibet, China: P. cona Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. duiba Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. lemenba Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♀), P. mainling Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. nyingchi Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. rongxar Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), P. samyai Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀), and P. yadong Zhang & Li, sp. nov. (♂♀). The DNA barcodes of the eight new species are documented.