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| female H. guttata | |
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| female H. guttata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 |
Hippasosa is a genus of wolf spiders in the family Lycosidae. Its species are found in Africa and Asia.[1]
female H. guttata
female H. guttata in burrow
female H. guttata
Taxonomy
[edit]These species were transferred from genus Ocyale, which is now considered a nomen dubium.[1]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes thirteen species:[1]
- Hippasosa dewinterae (Alderweireldt, 1996) – Malawi, Namibia, South Africa
- Hippasosa discrepans (Roewer, 1960) – Ethiopia
- Hippasosa fera (Strand, 1908) – Madagascar
- Hippasosa ghost (Jocque & Jocqué, 2017) – Madagascar
- Hippasosa grandis (Alderweireldt, 1996) – Togo, Gabun, DR Congo, Namibia
- Hippasosa guttata (Karsch, 1878) – Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
- Hippasosa kumari (Dyal, 1935) – Pakistan
- Hippasosa lanca (Karsch, 1879) – Sri Lanka
- Hippasosa pelliona (Audouin, 1826) – Algeria, Egypt
- Hippasosa pilosa Roewer, 1960 – Turkey, Africa to Saudi Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar (type species)
- Hippasosa qiongzhongensis (Yin & Peng, 1997) – China (Hainan)
- Hippasosa thailandica Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2025 – Thailand
- Hippasosa yunnanensis Wang, Irfan & Zhang, 2025 – China
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Genus Hippasosa". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
External links
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