Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5750 No. 2: 20 Jan. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-01-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.2
Page range: 201-216
Abstract views: 26
PDF downloaded: 0

A further study on the wolf spider genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 from East Asia, with the description of a genus (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China
College of Life Sciences; Anhui Normal University; Wuhu; Anhui 241000; China
Institute for Biological Problems of the North RAS; Portovaya Str.18; Magadan 685000; Russia; Department of Zoology & Entomology; University of the Free State; Bloemfontein 9300; South Africa; Altai State University; Lenina Pr.; 61; Barnaul; RF-656049; Russia
Key Laboratory of Eco-environments in Three Gorges Reservoir Region (Ministry of Education); School of Life Sciences; Southwest University; Chongqing 400715; China
Araneae new species new genus new genus record new combination Hippasinae China Thailand Bhutan Vietnam

Abstract

Three new species of Hippasa are described from China and adjacent regions of Thailand and Vietnam: H. modog sp. nov. (♂♀, Xizang, China), H. pulmoniformis sp. nov. (♂♀, Guangxi, China, and Hải Phòng Province, Vietnam), and H. thailandica sp. nov. (♂♀, Suan Phueng, Thailand). A new genus, Pandacosa gen. nov., is established to accommodate Hippasa bifasciata Buchar, 1997 (previously known only from females in Bhutan). The male of Pandacosa bifasciata (Buchar, 1997) comb. nov. is described for the first time based on specimens from Yunnan, China. A distribution map for all treated species is provided.

 

References

  1. 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.
  2. Álvarez-Padilla, F. & Hormiga, G. (2007) A protocol for digesting internal soft tissues and mounting spiders for scanning electron microscopy. Journal of Arachnology, 35 (3), 538–542. https://doi.org/10.1636/Sh06-55.1
  3. Buchar, J. (1997) Lycosidae aus Bhutan 1. Venoniinae und Lycosinae (Arachnida: Araneae). Entomologica Basiliensis, 20, 5–32.
  4. 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, Irene, 73 pp. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6324709
  5. Dondale, C.D. (1986) The subfamilies of wolf spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae). Actas X Congreso Internacional de Aracnología, 1, 327–332.
  6. Framenau, V.W. (2006) Mainosa, a new genus for the Australian ‘shuttlecock wolf spider’ (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology, 34 (1), 206–213. https://doi.org/10.1636/H04-90.1
  7. Gravely, F.H. (1924) Some Indian spiders of the family Lycosidae. Records of the Zoological Suvery of India, A Journal of Indian Zoology, 26, 587–613. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v26/i6/1924/162654
  8. Marusik, Y.M. & Nadolny, A.A. (2021) Redescription of Hippasa deserticola, the northernmost species of Hippasa (Aranei: Lycosidae), with taxonomic notes on other species of the genus. Zoosystematica Rossica, 30 (2), 222–235. https://doi.org/10.31610/zsr/2021.30.2.222
  9. Roewer, C.F. (1960) Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l’Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte, 55, 519–1040.
  10. Sankaran, P.M. & Caleb, J.T.D. (2023) Notes on Indian wolf spiders: II. Genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae, Hippasinae). Zootaxa, 5230 (2), 101–152. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5230.2.1
  11. Simon, E. (1884) Arachnides recueillis en Birmanie par M. le chevalier J. B. Comotto et appartenant au Musée civique d’histoire naturelle de Gènes. Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova, 20, 325–372.
  12. Simon, E. (1885) Matériaux pour servir à la faune arachnologiques de l’Asie méridionale. I. Arachnides recueillis à Wagra-Karoor près Gundacul, district de Bellary par M. M. Chaper. II. Arachnides recueillis à Ramnad, district de Madura par M. l’abbé Fabre. Bulletin de la Société Zoologique de France, 10 (1), 1–39.
  13. Wang, L.Y., Li, Z.X., Zhou, K.X. & Zhang, Z.S. (2015) Redescription of three Hippasa species from China (Araneae: Lycosidae), with a proposed species group-division and diagnosis. Zootaxa, 3974 (2), 231–244. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3974.2.7
  14. World Spider Catalog (2025) World Spider Catalog. Version 26. Natural History Museum Bern, online. Available from: http://wsc.nmbe.ch (accessed 19 June 2025) https://doi.org/10.24436/2
  15. Wu, C.J., Tao, Z.H., Wang, Y. & Luo, Y.F. (2025) The revision and phylogenetic position of Hippasa bifasciata Buchar, 1997 (Araneae, Lycosidae). Biodiversity Data Journal, 13 (e166495), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.13.e166495

How to Cite

Wang, L.-Y., Li, S., Marusik, Y.M. & Zhang, Z.-S. (2026) A further study on the wolf spider genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 from East Asia, with the description of a genus (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa, 5750 (2), 201–216. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5750.2.2