Hippasa elienae
| Tanzania funnel-web wolf spider | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hippasa |
| Species: | H. elienae
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| Binomial name | |
| Hippasa elienae Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005
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Hippasa elienae is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in East Africa and South Africa, and is commonly known as the Tanzania funnel-web wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
Hippasa elienae is found in Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from Limpopo province, including Blouberg Nature Reserve, Little Leigh in the Western Soutpansberg, and Tshipise.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a ground dweller that makes sheet-webs in low vegetation.[2]
It has been sampled from the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 455 to 1146 m.[2]
Description
Conservation
The species has a large geographic range in Africa. In South Africa, it is protected in Blouberg Nature Reserve. There are no significant threats to the species.[2]
Taxonomy
The species was described by Alderweireldt and Jocqué in 2005 from Tanzania.[3] It is known only from females.[2]
References
- ^ a b "Hippasa elienae Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 2005". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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. p. 55. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ Alderweireldt, M.; Jocqué, R. (2005). "A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical representatives of the genus Hippasa (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 2: 56, f. 22.