Nimbarus

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Speciesbox

| taxon = Nimbarus pratensis

| authority = Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002

| parent_authority = Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002

}}

Nimbarus is a monotypic genus of Guinean jumping spiders containing the single species, Nimbarus pratensis. It was first described by C. Rollard & Wanda Wesołowska in 2002,{{cite journal| last1=Rollard| first1=C.| last2=Wesolowska| first2=W.| year=2002| title=Jumping spiders (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) from the Nimba Mountains in Guinea| journal=Zoosystema| pages=283–307| volume=24| author-link2=Wanda_Wesołowska| name-list-style=amp| url=http://sciencepress.mnhn.fr/sites/default/files/articles/pdf/z2002n2a5.pdf}} and is only found in Guinea.{{cite journal| title=Gen. Nimbarus Rollard & Wesolowska, 2002| website=World Spider Catalog Version 20.0| access-date=2019-08-06| year=2019| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2818| doi=10.24436/2}} The name is derived from the Nimba Mountains, where the species was first found. The species name is derived from the Latin "pratensis", meaning "meadow", for the habitat where this species can be found.

These spiders are about {{convert|4|mm|in}} long, though only the male has been described.

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