Hippasosa pilosa Roewer, 1960

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Described:

Distribution: Turkey, Africa to Saudi Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar


Type Repository Provide information
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium m (166178) of Ocyale neatalanta - (Alderweireldt, 1996)
  • Paratype: 8m 3f (166178) of Ocyale neatalanta - (Alderweireldt, 1996)
  • Holotype: Senckenberg Museum, Frankfurt am Main (SMF), Germany m (9912129-138 = 12129/939) - (Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005)
  • Holotype: Musée Royal de l’Afrique Centrale, Tervuren (MRAC/RMCA), Belgium (database excerpt, Feb. 2019) (200903) -
Taxonomic References
Ocyale atalanta Simon, 1886g: 358 (m, S of Trochosa guttata [revalidated by Roewer, 1960d: 850] and T. lactea [now a nomen dubium, see Trochosa lactea]; misidentified per Alderweireldt, 1996: 1351)
Ocyale atalanta Lessert, 1925b: 336, f. 7A-B (f; misidentified per Alderweireldt, 1996: 1351)
Ocyale atalanta Roewer, 1960d: 807, f. 448a-c (mf; misidentified per Alderweireldt, 1996: 1351)
Hippasosa pilosa Roewer, 1960d: 1003, f. 555a-c (Dm) Original description
Ocyale atalanta Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 364, f. 231-235 (mf; misidentified sensu Alderweireldt, 1996: 1351)
Ocyale neatalanta Alderweireldt, 1996: 1353, f. 1-3, 5-13, 20, 25 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:018473]
Ocyale pilosa Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005: 63 (S of Ocyale neatalanta)
Ocyale pilosa Siyam, Dunlop & El-Hennawy, 2015: 267, f. 13-15 (m)
Ocyale pilosa Jocque et al., 2017: 4, f. l-m, o, r (mf)
Hippasosa pilosa Sherwood, 2022c: 583 (T from Ocyale)
Hippasosa pilosa Sankaran & Caleb, 2023b: 541, f. 6A-B (f)
References

Alderweireldt, M. (1996). A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocyale Audouin, 1826 in Africa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Natural History 30(9): 1349-1365. doi: 10.1080/00222939600771261 -- Show included taxa

Alderweireldt, M. & Jocqué, R. (2005). A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical representatives of the genus Hippasa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Afrotropical Zoology 2: 45-68. -- Show included taxa

Jocque, M., Wellens, S., Andrianarivosoa, J. D., Rakotondraparany, F., The Seing, S. & Jocqué, R. (2017). A new species of Ocyale (Araneae, Lycosidae) from Madagascar, with first observations on the biology of a representative in the genus. European Journal of Taxonomy 355: 1-13. doi: 10.5852/ejt.2017.355 -- Show included taxa

Lessert, R. de (1925b). Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite). Revue Suisse de Zoologie 32: 323-365. doi: 10.5962/bhl.part.117932 -- Show included taxa

Roewer, C. F. (1960d). Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 519-1040. -- Show included taxa

Sankaran, P. M. & Caleb, J. T. D. (2023b). Notes on Indian wolf spiders: III. Genera Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908, Evippomma Roewer, 1959, Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 and Trochosa C.L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5369(4): 533-552. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.4 -- Show included taxa

Sherwood, D. (2022c). On the taxonomic and nomenclatural status of Ocyale Audouin, 1826 (Araneae: Pisauridae) and Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 (Araneae: Lycosidae), with notes on some other taxa. Arachnology 19(2): 582-584. doi: 10.13156/arac.2022.19.2.582 -- Show included taxa

Simon, E. (1886g). Etudes arachnologiques. 18e Mémoire. XXVI. Matériaux pour servir à la faune des Arachnides du Sénégal. (Suivi d'une appendice intitulé: Descriptions de plusieurs espèces africaines nouvelles). Annales de la Société Entomologique de France (6) 5: 345-396. -- Show included taxa

Siyam, M., Dunlop, J. A. & El-Hennawy, H. K. (2015). New spider records from the Republic of the Sudan. Arachnology 16(7): 264-272. doi: 10.13156/arac.2015.16.7.264 -- Show included taxa

Tikader, B. K. & Malhotra, M. S. (1980). Lycosidae (wolf-spiders). Fauna India (Araneae) 1: 248-447. -- Show included taxa

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Edit History
Date Type Reference Old value Comment
2023-11-14 New taxonomic reference entry Sankaran & Caleb, 2023b
2023-11-14 Species distribution update Sankaran & Caleb, 2023b Old value
2022-07-11 Taxonomic reference assigned to new taxon Taxonomic reference entry assigned to Trochosa lactea L. Koch, 1875
2022-07-11 New taxonomic reference entry Sherwood, 2022c
2022-07-11 Species transferred to new genus Sherwood, 2022c Species transferred from Ocyale to Hippasosa
2017-10-06 New taxonomic reference entry Jocque et al., 2017
2015-04-27 New taxonomic reference entry Siyam, Dunlop & El-Hennawy, 2015

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