Hippasa is a genus of spiders in the wolf spider family Lycosidae, first described by Eugène Simon in 1885.
Distribution Hippasa species are distributed across Africa (Egypt to South Africa) and Asia (Pakistan to Japan).
Life style Hippasa species prefer low, grassy vegetation with open spaces.
They construct an agelenid-like funnel web between low vegetation or between roots at ground level. The web consists of a densely woven sheet with a funnel retreat leading into the ground or dense vegetation. Their webs can be seen early in the morning.
Juveniles can be present in high densities, covering grass with webs.
Description The genus can be recognized by the two-segmented posterior pair of spinnerets, with the basal segment especially elongated, and by white spots on the abdomen. The body is covered with long setae. The carapace is usually dark with lateral margins and bands, and the fovea has radiating striae. The legs are relatively long and usually banded.
The epigyne is thickly covered with white setae. The sternum is usually pale with a dark median stripe.
Taxonomy The genus was revised by Alderweireldt and Jocqué in 2005.
Species
, this genus includes 27 species:
Hippasa affinis Lessert, 1933 – Angola Hippasa agelenoides (Simon, 1884) – Pakistan, India, Myanmar (type species) Hippasa albopunctata Thorell, 1899 – Cameroon, Ivory Coast Hippasa australis Lawrence, 1927 – Africa Hippasa brechti Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005 – Ivory Coast, Togo Hippasa decemnotata Simon, 1909 – West Africa Hippasa deserticola Simon, 1889 – Egypt to Bangladesh (Widespread Central Asia) Hippasa elienae Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005 – Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa Hippasa flavicoma Caporiacco, 1935 – Pakistan Hippasa funerea Lessert, 1925 – Botswana, Lesotho, South Africa Hippasa himalayensis Gravely, 1924 – India, Pakistan Hippasa holmerae Thorell, 1895 – Asia Hippasa innesi Simon, 1889 – Egypt Hippasa lamtoensis Dresco, 1981 – Ivory Coast Hippasa lingxianensis Yin & Wang, 1980 – China, Japan Hippasa loundesi Gravely, 1924 – India Hippasa lycosina Pocock, 1900 – China, Laos, India Hippasa madraspatana Gravely, 1924 – India Hippasa marginata Roewer, 1960 – Cameroon Hippasa modog Wang, Li, Marusik & Zhang, 2026 – China Hippasa olivacea (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar, India Hippasa pantherina Pocock, 1899 – Southern Asia Hippasa partita (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1876) – Africa Hippasa pulmoniformis Wang, Li, Marusik & Zhang, 2026 – China, Vietnam Hippasa simoni (Thorell, 1887) – Myanmar Hippasa thailandica Wang, Li, Marusik & Zhang, 2026 – Thailand Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993 – India
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