Nanoa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pimoidae |
Genus: |
Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005 [1] |
Species: | N. enana
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Binomial name | |
Nanoa enana Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005
[1]
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Nanoa is a sister genus of Pimoa, in the spider family Pimoidae, containing the single species Nanoa enana.
Combined from Greek nanos "dwarf" and the ending -oa, which follows the other pimoid genera Pimoa and Weintrauboa. The name enana of the only species means "dwarf" in Spanish.
N. enana is the smallest known pimoid species, with a total body length of only 1.5 mm.
N. enana occurs in northern California and southern Oregon.
Nanoa | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
Family: | Pimoidae |
Genus: |
Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005 [1] |
Species: | N. enana
|
Binomial name | |
Nanoa enana Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005
[1]
|
Nanoa is a sister genus of Pimoa, in the spider family Pimoidae, containing the single species Nanoa enana.
Combined from Greek nanos "dwarf" and the ending -oa, which follows the other pimoid genera Pimoa and Weintrauboa. The name enana of the only species means "dwarf" in Spanish.
N. enana is the smallest known pimoid species, with a total body length of only 1.5 mm.
N. enana occurs in northern California and southern Oregon.