Zimirina Explained

Zimirina is a genus of long-spinneret ground spiders that was first described by R. de Dalmas in 1919.^[1] It was transferred to the ground spiders in 2018,^[2] but was returned to Prodidominae in 2022.

Species

it contains fifteen species, found in Africa, Portugal, Italy, Spain, and on Saint Helena:^[3]

• Zimirina brevipes Pérez & Blasco, 1986 – Spain, Italy (Sardinia)
• Zimirina cineris Cooke, 1964 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina deserticola Dalmas, 1919 – Algeria
• Zimirina gomerae (Schmidt, 1981) – Canary Is.
• Zimirina grancanariensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina hirsuta Cooke, 1964 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina lepida (Blackwall, 1859) – Madeira
• Zimirina moyaensis Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina nabavii Wunderlich, 2011 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina penicillata (Simon, 1893) (type) – Algeria
• Zimirina relegata Cooke, 1977 – St. Helena
• Zimirina spinicymbia Wunderlich, 1992 – Canary Is.
• Zimirina tenuidens Denis, 1956 – Morocco
• Zimirina transvaalica Dalmas, 1919 – South Africa
• Zimirina vastitatis Cooke, 1964 – Libya, Egypt

See also

• List of Prodidominae species

Notes and References

1. Book: Dalmas, R. de. 1919. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. 279–340.
2. Azevedo. G. H. F. Griswold. C. E.. Santos. A. J.. 2018. Systematics and evolution of ground spiders revisited (Araneae, Dionycha, Gnaphosidae). Cladistics. 34. 6. 614. 10.1111/cla.12226. free.
3. Web site: Gen. Zimirina Dalmas, 1919. World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. 2019-07-05. 2019. Natural History Museum Bern. 10.24436/2.