''Weintrauboa'' is a spider genus of the family

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. The nearest relatives of ''Weintrauboa'' were at one time thought to be in the genus '' Pimoa''.

Etymology

Named after Robert L. Weintraub of

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Distribution

Species are known from

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and

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Species

References

* Hormiga, G. (2003). ''Weintrauboa'', a new genus of pimoid spiders from Japan and adjacent islands, with comments on the monophyly and diagnosis of the family Pimoidae and the genus ''Pimoa'' (Araneoidea, Araneae) ''Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society'' 139:261-281
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