Hippasa funerea
| Popela's funnel-web wolf spider | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hippasa |
| Species: | H. funerea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippasa funerea Lessert, 1925
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Hippasa funerea is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as Popela's funnel-web wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
Hippasa funerea is found in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a ground dweller that makes sheet-webs in low vegetation.[2]
It has been sampled from the Grassland, Fynbos, Thicket, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 36 to 2785 m.[2]
Description
Conservation
Hippasa funerea has a large geographic range and is protected in five protected areas.[2] There are no significant threats to the species.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was originally described by Lessert in 1925 from Popela in KwaZulu-Natal[3] and later revised by Alderweireldt and Jocqué in 2005.[4] It is known from both sexes.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Hippasa funerea Lessert, 1925". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 1 (A-H). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 56. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 32: 334, f. 6. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117932.
- ^ Alderweireldt, M.; Jocqué, R. (2005). "A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical representatives of the genus Hippasa (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 2: 58, f. 1, 9–12, 31–34.