Zimiris

Zimiris is a genus of ground spiders that was first described by Eugène Louis Simon in 1882.[2] As of June 2019 it contains only two species, found in the Caribbean, Africa, South America, Asia, Germany, Mexico, and on Saint Helena: Z. diffusa and Z. doriae.[1]

Zimiris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Gnaphosidae
Subfamily: Prodidominae
Genus: Zimiris
Simon, 1882[1]
Type species
Z. doriae
Simon, 1882
Species
  • Z. diffusa Platnick & Penney, 2004 – Yemen (Socotra), India. Introduced to St. Helena
  • Z. doriae Simon, 1882 – Ivory Coast, Sudan, Eritrea, Yemen, Iran, India. Introduced to Mexico, Caribbean, French Guiana, Brazil, Germany, Indonesia (Java), Malaysia

See also

References
  1. "Gen. Zimiris Simon, 1882". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2019. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2019-07-05.
  2. Simon, E. (1882), "II. Étude sur les arachnides de l'Yemen méridional", Viaggio ad Assab nel Mar Rosso, dei signori G


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