Pimus

Short description: Genus of spiders

Pimus

Pimus sp.
Scientific classification
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

Species

10, see text

Pimus is a genus of North American tangled nest spiders first described by R. V. Chamberlin in 1947.[2]

## Species

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

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gen. Pimus Chamberlin, 1947". Natural History Museum Bern. http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/109. Retrieved 2019-05-08.
2. ↑ Chamberlin, R. V. (1947). "A summary of the known North American Amaurobiidae.". Bulletin of the University of Utah 38 (8): 1–31.

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