Hippasosa guttata
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hippasosa |
| Species: | H. guttata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippasosa guttata | |
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Hippasosa guttata is an African species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[2]
Distribution
Hippasosa guttata is found in Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Namibia, Botswana, Mozambique, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from the provinces Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, and Mpumalanga.[3]
Habitat and ecology
Hippasosa guttata inhabits the Grassland and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 7 to 1411 m. These are free running ground spiders that hide in silk-lined burrows that are closed with a floppy soft silk lid. The species has also been sampled from tomato fields.[3]
Description
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female
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female
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female
Conservation
Hippasosa guttata is listed as Least Concern by the South African National Biodiversity Institute. There are no significant threats to the species and due to its wide geographical range, it is therefore listed as being of Least Concern. It is known from six protected areas.[3]
Taxonomy
Hippasosa guttata was originally described by Ferdinand Karsch in 1878 as Lycosa guttata from Mozambique. The species was revised by Alderweireldt in 1996 and is known from both sexes. In 2022, Sherwood transferred the species to the genus Hippasosa.[4][5][3]
References
- ^ Karsch, F. (1878). "Übersicht der von Peters in Mossambique gesammelten Arachniden". Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin. 1878: 314–338.
- ^ a b "Hippasosa guttata (Karsch, 1878)". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d Dippenaar-Schoeman, A.S.; Haddad, C.R.; Foord, S.H.; Lotz, L.N. (2021). The Lycosidae of South Africa. Version 1: part 2 (L-Z). South African National Survey of Arachnida Photo Identification Guide. p. 16. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324723. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Alderweireldt, M. (1996). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocyale Audouin, 1826 in Africa (Araneae: Lycosidae)". Journal of Natural History. 30 (9): 1349–1365. Bibcode:1996JNatH..30.1349A. doi:10.1080/00222939600771261.
- ^ Sherwood, D. (2022). "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.