Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993

SANKARAN, PRADEEP M. & CALEB, JOHN T. D., 2023, Notes on Indian wolf spiders: II. Genus Hippasa Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae Hippasinae), Zootaxa 5230 (2), pp. 101-152 : 140

Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993

Figs 30–31 , 40

Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993: 121 , fig. 1a–d (♀).

Type material. Holotype ♀ from INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Guntur: Valiveru (16°11'N, 80°35'E; 10 m alt.), 15 January 1985, T. S. Reddy leg., repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no register number specified), not examined . Paratypes 5 ♀♀, with the same data as holotype, not examined .

Topotype material examined. INDIA: Andhra Pradesh: Guntur: Valiveru (16°11'N, 80°35'E; 10 m alt.), 11 October 2019, M.S. Pradeep & A. V. Mathew leg. , from web on ground, by hand: 2 ♀♀ ( ADSH595035 ) .

Diagnosis. Females of H. valiveruensis are closely related to the females of H. agelenoides as both have small body and similar colour pattern, but can be separated from the latter by epigyne without atrium (vs. epigyne with atrium in H. agelenoides ), horizontally oriented spermathecal stalks (vs. vertically oriented spermathecal stalks in H. agelenoides ) and globular spermathecae (vs. oval spermathecae in H. agelenoides ) (compare Figs 30G–H , 31A–B with Figs 7F–G , 8D–E ).

Supplementary description. Female in ethanol (ADSH595035; Fig. 30A–E ). Carapace, clypeus, chelicerae, endites, labium brownish; thoracic part marginally black; sternum pale brownish; opisthosoma greyish; leg and palp segments, spinnerets greenish black with black annulations and patches on leg and palp segments. Carapace clothed with fine black appressed setae. Thoracic part with slightly undulating margin ( Fig. 30B ). Thoracic fovea reddish, long (0.41), straight, longitudinal ( Fig. 30A ). Chelicerae dorsally clothed with moderately long setae; inner and outer surfaces provided with stridulatory files; promargin provided with a series of moderately long setae with bend tips, pro- and retromargins with three teeth ( Fig. 30D ). Sternum provided with scattered black setae, with a broad median longitudinal black band ( Fig. 30C ). Opisthosoma elongate-ovoid, hirsute; cardiac area marked with a pale brown patch; dorsum medially provided with transverse black bands and spots; venter proximolaterally provided with black spots arranged in a single line; sides provided with discontinuous black stripes. Spinnerets hirsute ( Fig. 30E ). Legs long, slender, hirsute, spinose; metatarsi without scopulae; tarsi with reduced scopulae. Body length 6.19. Carapace 2.80 long, 2.20 wide. Opisthosoma 3.39 long, 2.05 wide. Eye diameters and interdistances: ALE 0.11, AME 0.12, PLE 0.16, PME 0.18; AME–ALE 0.06, AME–AME 0.08, AME–PME 0.11, PLE–PLE 0.57, PME–PLE 0.20, PME– PME 0.22. Clypeus height at AMEs 0.16, at ALEs 0.11. Length of chelicerae 0.93. Measurements of palp and legs: palp 3.31 [1.07, 0.52, 0.69, 1.03], I 9.00 [2.47, 1.01, 1.91, 2.34, 1.27], II 8.55 [2.39, 1.03, 1.79, 2.05, 1.29], III 8.53 [2.37, 1.06, 1.77, 2.04, 1.29], IV 12.79 [3.12, 1.12, 2.99, 3.96, 1.60]. Leg formula: 4123. Spination of palp: femur pld 1 do 3 rld 1, patella pld 1 do 2, tibia pld 1 plv 1 rld 1, tarsus pl 1 pld 1 plv 1 rl 1 rlv 1; legs: femur I pld 1 do 2 rld 2, II–III pld 3 do 3 rld 3, IV pld 3 do 3 rld 1; patellae I–IV pld 1 do 2 rld 1; tibia I pl 1 pld 1 plv 3 do 1 rl 2 rlv 3, II pl 1 pld 2 plv 1 rl 1 rld 2 rlv 3, III pl 1 pld 1 plv 3 rl 1 rld 3 rlv 1, IV pl 1 pld 2 plv 3 rl 1 rld 3 rlv 3; metatarsus I pld 2 plv 3 rl 1 rld 1 rlv 3 vt 1, II pld 3 plv 3 rld 3 rlv 3 vt 1, III pld 3 plv 3 rld 3 rlv 3 vt 1, IV pld 3 plv 3 rld 3 rlv 4 vt 1; tarsi I–IV spineless. Genitalia ( Figs 30F–H , 31A–B ): epigyne clothed in bushy setae ( Fig. 30F ), with M-shaped narrow, wide median and short semicircular lateral plates ( Fig. 31A ; MEP, LEP). Spermathecal stalks slender, S-shaped ( Figs 30G–H , 31B ; SS). Accessory glands oval, without stalk, originating basally to spermathecal stalks ( Fig. 30G , 31B ; AG). Spermathecae globular ( Figs 30H , 31B; S ). Fertilization ducts anteriorly directed, converging ( Fig. 31B ; FD).

Male. Unknown.

Variation. Female (n=2): 6.12–6.19.

Distribution. India: Andhra Pradesh ( Patel & Reddy 1993; present data) ( Fig. 40 ).

Remarks. We were unable to trace the types of H. valiveruensis in the arachnid collection of ZSI, even though the authors mentioned that the types would be deposited there ( Patel & Reddy 1993).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Hippasa agelenoides (Simon, 1884), male and female genitalia (ADSH595032). A–D male left pedipalp: A prolateral view; B ventral view; C retrolateral view; D embolic division, ventral view. E–G female genitalia: E epigyne intact, ventral view; F same, after clearing in KOH and removing bushy setae, ventral view; G vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A–G, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 8. Hippasa agelenoides (Simon, 1884), male and female genitalia (ADSH595032). A–C male left pedipalp: A ventral view; B retrolateral view; C embolic division, ventral view. D–E female genitalia: D epigyne ventral view; E vulva, dorsal view. Abbreviations:AGaccessory gland;AT anteriorarmof tegularapophysis; Cconductor;E embolus; EBembolic base; FDfertilization duct; H hood; LEP lateral epigynal plate; LT lamellate process of tegulum; MEP median epigynal plate; MT mesal arm of tegular apophysis; Pa palea; RTP retrolateral process of tegulum; S spermatheca; Se synembolus; SD sperm duct; SS spermathecal stalk; ST subtegulum; T tegulum; TA tegular apophysis; TG tegular groove; TS tegular stalk. Scale bars: A–E, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 30. Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993, female (ADSH595035). A habitus, dorsal view. B prosoma, dorsal view. C prosoma showing sternum, ventral view. D left chelicera, ventroretrolateral view. E spinnerets, ventral view. F intact epigyne, ventral view; G same, after clearing in KOH and removing bushy setae, ventral view; H vulva, dorsal view. Scale bars: A, 2 mm; B, E, 0.5 mm; C, 1 mm; D, F–H, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 31. Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993, genitalia of female (ADSH595035). A epigyne, ventral view. B vulva, dorsal view.Abbreviations:AG accessory gland; FD fertilization duct; LEP lateral epigynal plate; MEP median epigynal plate; S spermatheca; SS spermathecal stalk. Scale bars: A–B, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 40. Geographic distribution records of Hippasa madraspatana Gravely, 1924 (dot) and Hippasa valiveruensis Patel & Reddy, 1993 (star) India (Gravely 1924; Tikader & Malhotra 1980; Patel & Reddy 1993; Sen et al. 2015; present data).