Two new wolf-spider species in the genus Hippasosa from Asia (Araneae, Lycosidae)

By

Wang, Lu
IRFAN, MUHAMMAD
Zhang, Zhisheng

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2025

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

1226

Pages

339--348

Subjects

China , Description , Morphology , taxonomy , Thailand

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1226.137240

 

Abstract

Two new species of the wolf-spider genus Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 are described from Asia: Hippasosa thailandicasp. nov. (♂) from Thailand and H. yunnanensissp. nov. (♂♀) from China. Detailed species descriptions, morphological photographs, genitalia illustrations, and distribution maps of the new species are presented. Photographs of H. qiongzhongensis (Yin & Peng, 1997) are also provided for comparison purposes.