Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980

Sankaran, Pradeep M., Caleb, John T. D. & Sebastian, Pothalil A., 2021, Notes on Indian wolf spiders: I. Genus Evippa Simon, 1882 (Araneae: Lycosidae Evippinae), Zootaxa 4975 (1), pp. 159-175 : 166-169

Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980

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Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980: 303 , figs 116–120.

Type material. Female holotype from INDIA: Maharashtra: Ahmednagar: Ahmednagar city: Cantonment area ; M.S. Malhotra leg.; 8 June 1974; repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (4675/18), examined. Three male allotypes, with same data as the holotype, examined .

Diagnosis. Evippa sohani seem closely similar to E. shivajii as both have a stout median apophysis with welldeveloped protrusions, and epigynum with a squarish distal part of median septum. It can be distinguished from the latter by the following combination of features. Males: median apophysis with an additional, baso-prolateral spine-like protrusion (absent in E. shivajii ) and tegulum with a short, disto-retrolateral rectangular protrusion (absent in E. shivajii , compare Fig. 5B–C with Fig. 8B–C ). Females: proximal part of epigynal median septum wide (comparatively narrow in E. shivajii ) and short, stout spermathecae (long, balloon-like spermathecae in E. shivajii , compare Fig. 6A–C with Fig. 8E–F ).

Supplementary description. Male (allotype, Fig. 7B ). Body length 5.06. Prosoma length 2.78, width 2.12. Opisthosoma length 2.28, width 1.61. Eye diameters: ALE 0.08. AME 0.19. PLE 0.37. PME 0.38. Eye interdistances: ALE–AME 0.06. AME–AME 0.07. PLE–PLE 0.64. PLE–PME 0.45. PME–PME 0.33. Chelicerae length 0.88. Clypeus height at ALE 0.20, at AME 0.19. Measurements of pedipalp and legs. Pedipalp 3.57 [1.15, 0.67, 0.71, 1.04], I 11.24 [2.87, 1.25, 2.65, 2.93, 1.54], II 8.95 [2.72, 1.02, 2.30, 2.91, 1.59], III 11.76 [2.89, 1.04, 2.43, 3.62, 1.78], IV 16.18 [3.69, 1.25, 3.61, 5.16, 2.47]. Leg formula: 4321. Pedipalp as in Fig. 8A–D .

Female (holotype, Fig. 7A ). Body length 6.05. Prosoma length 2.78, width 2.23. Opisthosoma length 3.27, width 2.05. Eye diameters:ALE 0.10. AME 0.14. PLE 0.35. PME 0.40. Eye interdistances: ALE–AME 0.05. AME– AME 0.08. PLE–PLE 0.70. PLE–PME 0.53. PME–PME 0.32. Chelicerae length 0.95. Clypeus height at ALE 0.19, at AME 0.17. Measurements of palp and legs. Palp (right) 3.25 [1.20, 0.55, 0.54, 0.96], I --- [2.40, 1.12, ---, ---, ---], II --- [2.22, 1.01, 1.89, 1.91, ---], III --- [2.15, 0.86, 1.66, 2.07, ---], IV --- [3.12, 1.06, 2.78, 3.65, ---]. Genitalia as in Fig. 8E–F .

Remarks. The NZC-ZSI collection has two glass tubes for this species. A tube labeled as ‘holotype’ (4675/18) contains one female specimen in fairly good condition, with broken legs. The same tube has a small glass vial containing the dissected genitalia. A second tube labeled as ‘allotype’ (4676/18) contains three male specimens in good condition (but one with broken legs). In the original description, single register number was assigned for both the holotype and the allotypes ( Tikader & Malhotra 1980). However, the labels in the type tubes mention separate registration number for holotype and the allotypes.

Figures

FIGURE 5. Evippa shivajii Tikader & Malhotra, 1980. A–D allotype male left pedipalp (NZC-ZSI-4647/18): A ventral; B prolateral enlarged; C ventral enlarged; D retrolateral enlarged. Scale bars: A, 0.5 mm; B–D, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 6. Evippa shivajii Tikader & Malhotra, 1980. A holotype epigynum without clearing (NZC-ZSI-4645/18), ventral. B–C genitalia of paratype female (NZC-ZSI-4646/18): B epigynum, ventral; C vulva, dorsal. Scale bars: A–C, 0.2 mm.

FIGURE 7. Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980. A holotype female habitus (NZC-ZSI-4675/18), dorsal. B allotype male habitus (NZC-ZSI-4676/18), dorsal. C–D labels from type tubes. Scale bars: A, 2 mm; B, 1 mm.

FIGURE 8. Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980. A–D allotype male left pedipalp (NZC-ZSI-4676/18): A ventral; B prolatero-ventral enlarged; C ventral enlarged; D retrolateral enlarged. E holotype epigynum (NZC-ZSI-4675/18), ventral. F vulva, dorsal. Arrows indicate baso-prolateral spine-like protrusion of median apophysis (1) and disto-retrolateral rectangular protrusion of tegulum (2). Scale bars: A, 0.5 mm; B–F, 0.2 mm.