taxonID	type	description	language	source
3DF5A017684256A0A841F36624A20AB7.taxon	description	Figs 1, 4 A, C, E, 5 A, B, E, F	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
6F9DFE6679E0561B857EE7FC6B755B1C.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Pimoa (total length ranges from 4.00 – 12.0 mm) is larger in size than Nanoa (1.42 – 1.65 mm). The males of Pimoa can be distinguished from Nanoa by the long and membranous pimoid embolic process and the elongate cymbial denticulate process with many cuspules (vs. the pimoid embolic process absent and short cymbial process only with one strong cuspule) (Fig. 2; Hormiga et al. 2005: figs 1, 2). The females of Pimoa can be distinguished from Nanoa by the absence of a ventral scape-like septum (vs. epigynum with a distinct septum) (Fig. 3 A; Hormiga et al. 2005: figs 3, 5).	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
9DF097CF91695F1C82D4B221A1719859.taxon	description	Figs 1, 4 B, D, F, 5 C, D, G, H	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
501EB8DCCC8E520FBDB9E6E7B1DBD7AE.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2, 3	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
501EB8DCCC8E520FBDB9E6E7B1DBD7AE.taxon	etymology	Etymology. The specific name refers to the type locality; noun in apposition.	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
501EB8DCCC8E520FBDB9E6E7B1DBD7AE.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. The male of Pimoa shimian sp. nov. resembles those of P. bomi (Fig. 4 A, C, E; Xu et al. 2021: 9, figs 3, 54 B) and P. reniformis (Fig. 4 B, D, F; Xu and Li 2007: 493, figs 36 – 41), but can be distinguished by the tegulum (T) with pointed apophysis (blue arrow in Fig. 2 B) (vs. tegulum without apophysis, Fig. 4 C, D) and by the U-shaped pimoid cymbial sclerite (PCS, Fig. 2 B) (vs. V-shaped, Fig. 4 C – F). The female of P. shimian sp. nov. resembles those of P. bomi (Fig. 5 A, B, E, F; Xu et al. 2021: 9, fig. 4 A, B) and P. reniformis (Fig. 5 C, D, G, H; Xu and Li 2007: 493, figs 42 – 47), but can be distinguished by the distally broad dorsal plate (DP), posterior part about 1 / 2 width of middle part (Fig. 3 A, B) (vs. distally narrow dorsal plate, posterior part about 1 / 3 width of middle part, Fig. 5 E, G) and the spermathecae (S) separated by ca. 1 / 3 a spermathecal width (Fig. 3 A, B) (vs. spermathecae unseparated, Fig. 5 A, C).	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
501EB8DCCC8E520FBDB9E6E7B1DBD7AE.taxon	description	Description. Male (holotype): Total length 6.11. Carapace 3.52 long, 2.91 wide. Abdomen 2.61 long, 2.34 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.17, ALE 0.20, PME 0.18, PLE 0.19, AME – AME 0.12, AME – ALE 0.13, PME – PME 0.15, PME – PLE 0.18. Leg measurements: I: 22.11 (6.15, 7.24, 5.90, 2.82); II: 18.40 (5.13, 6.22, 4.87, 2.18); III: 12.37 (3.91, 3.97, 3.53, 0.96); IV: 15.96 (4.87, 5.45, 4.49, 1.15). Habitus as in Fig. 3 E. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Cheliceral stridulatory striae present. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs brownish with black annulations. Palp (Fig. 2 A – C): patella short, almost as long as tibial; tibia short, ca. 1 / 2 of cymbial length, with several macrosetae and dorsal process; cymbium length / width: 0.91 / 1.07; paracymbium (P) short, ca. 1 / 4 of cymbial length, finger-shaped; pimoid cymbial sclerite (PCS) U-shaped, ca. 1 / 3 of cymbial length; cymbial denticulate process (CDP) broad and curved distally, with more than 20 cuspules; median apophysis (MA) slender (length / width ratio: ca. 15); conductor (C) indistinct; pimoid embolic process (PEP) longer than embolus; embolus (E) beginning at 3: 00 o’clock position and terminates at 2: 00 o’clock; embolic tooth absent. Female (paratype): Total length 10.78. Carapace 3.60 long, 2.92 wide. Abdomen 7.21 long, 5.58 wide. Eye sizes and interdistances: AME 0.18, ALE 0.20, PME 0.20, PLE 0.19, AME – AME 0.17, AME – ALE 0.15, PME – PME 0.16, PME – PLE 0.15. Leg measurements: I: 19.82 (5.51, 6.86, 4.94, 2.51); II: 16.47 (4.74, 5.58, 4.23, 1.92); III: 12.69 (3.65, 4.55, 3.08, 1.41); IV: 15.57 (4.74, 5.19, 3.97, 1.67). Habitus as in Fig. 3 F, G. Carapace yellowish with black lateral margins; thoracic fovea and radial grooves distinct; sternum brownish. Cheliceral stridulatory striae vestigial. Abdomen black with yellowish transverse chevrons. Legs brownish with black annulations. Epigyne (Fig. 3 A – D): trapezoidal; ventral plate (VP) broad (length subequal to width); dorsal plate (DP) tongue-shaped; copulatory openings (COs) distinct; spermathecae (S) nearly bean-shaped, separated by ca. 1 / 3 their width; fertilization ducts (FDs) yellowish, laterally oriented.	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
501EB8DCCC8E520FBDB9E6E7B1DBD7AE.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Known only from the type locality, Sichuan, China (Fig. 1).	en	Wang, Bing, Meng, Qingzhen, Yao, Zhiyuan, Zhang, Xiaoqing (2025): Notes on three closely related species of the genus Pimoa (Araneae, Pimoidae) from Southwest China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101 (1): 119-126, DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.142129
