Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea
Familia: Pimoidae
Genus: Nanoa
Species: N. enana
[list of species after Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff (2005)]
Name
Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005
Gender
feminine
Type species
Nanoa enana Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005, by original designation
References
Hormiga, G.; Buckle, D.J.; Scharff, N. 2005: Nanoa, an enigmatic new genus of pimoid spiders from western North America (Pimoidae, Araneae). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 145: 249–262. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00192.x
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Nomenclator Zoologicus
Nanoa is a sister genus of Pimoa, in the spider family Pimoidae, containing the single species Nanoa enana.
Etymology
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.
Description
N. enana is the smallest known pimoid species, with a total body length of only 1.5 mm.
Distribution
N. enana occurs in northern California and southern Oregon.
References
"Gen. Nanoa Hormiga, Buckle & Scharff, 2005". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2016-02-25.
Gustavo Hormiga, Donald J. Buckle & Nikolaj Scharff (2005). "Nanoa, an enigmatic new genus of pimoid spiders from western North America (Pimoidae, Araneae)" (PDF). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 145 (2): 249–262. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00192.x.
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