Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China

By

Wang, Bing
Meng, Qingzhen
Yao, Zhiyuan
Zhang, Xiaoqing

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025-1-20

Original Publication

Zoosystematics and evolution

Volume

101

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

119--126

Subjects

Asia , Biodiversity , invertebrate , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia Pensoft

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zse.101.142129

 

Abstract

The genus Pimoa Chamberlin & Ivie, 1943, is highly diverse and currently contains 85 species, of which 67 are distributed in Asia. In this study, a new species of Pimoa is described from Southwest China: P. shimian Wang, Yao & Zhang, sp. nov. (♂♀). This new species is closely related to P. bomi Zhang & Li, 2021, and P. reniformis Xu & Li, 2007. The taxonomic keys for distinguishing these three closely related species and a distribution map of all Asian pimoids are also provided.