Print ISSN: 0161-8202
Online ISSN: 1937-2396
Current: Apr 2009 : Volume 37 Issue 1
BioOne Member Since: 2001
Frequency: Tri-annual
Impact Factor: 0.547
2008 ISI Journal Citation Reports® Rankings: 49/72 - Entomology
Eigenfactor™: The Journal of Arachnology
Most Read Articles (last 30 Days)
RSS Feeds
Journal of Arachnology
Published by: American Arachnological Society
Journal of Arachnology 35(2):313-317. 2007
doi: 10.1636/H06-53.1
A REVIEW OF THE WOLF SPIDER GENUS HIPPASELLA (ARANEAE, LYCOSIDAE, SOSIPPINAE)
aLaboratório de Artrópodes, Instituto Butantan, São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
bDepartamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil. essalvares@yahoo.com.br
Abstract
The monotypic genus Hippasella Mello-Leitão 1944 is revised, and its type-species H. nitida Mello-Leitão 1944 is considered a junior synonym of Tarentula guaquiensis Strand 1908, from Bolivia. Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand) comb. nov. is redescribed and the female genitalia are illustrated for the first time. This species now is recorded from Peru, Bolivia and Argentina. It appears to prefer vegetation near water.
RESUMO.O gênero monotípico Hippasella Mello-Leitão 1944 é revisado e sua espécie-tipo H. nitida Mello-Leitão 1944 é considerada um sinônimo júnior de Tarentula guaquiensis Strand 1908, da Bolívia. Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand) comb. nov. é redescrita e a genitália da fêmea é ilustrada pela primeira vez. Esta espécie é agora conhecida do Peru, Bolívia e da Argentina, onde parece preferir a vegetação próxima à água.
Received: 2 October 2006; Revised: 2 May 2007
Keywords: Neotropical, taxonomy, redescription
LITERATURE CITED
1990. Las especies de la subfamilia Hippasinae de America del Sur (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 18:131–141. CSA 1944. Arañas de la provincia de Buenos Aires. Revista del Museo La Plata (Nova Serie, Zoología) 3:311–393. 1911. A synonymic index-catalogue of spiders of North, Central and South America with all adjacent islands, Greenland, Bermuda, West Indies, Terra del Fuego, Galapagos, etc. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 29:1–791. 1993. Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1988–1991, with Synonymies and Transfer 1940–1988. New York Entomological Society, in association with the American Museum of Natural History, New York. 846 pp. 1955. Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles 2:1–1751. 1960. Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae) (Fortsetzung und Schluss). Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba Mission G.F. De Witte 55:519–1040. and . 2001. A revision of the South American spider genus Aglaoctenus Tullgren, 1905 (Araneae, Lycosidae, Sosippinae). Andrias 15:75–90. 2000. Description of the male of Sosippus placidus, with notes on the subfamily Sosippinae (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology 28:133–140. CrossRef 1908. Exotisch araneologisches.—I. Amerikanische hauptsächlich in Peru, Bolivien und Josemitetal in Californien gesammelte Spinnen. —II. Spinnen aus Kamerun. —III. Übersicht der bekanten Hysterocrates-Arten. —IV. Zur Kenntnis der Araneae rufipalpis (Luc). Jahrbü cher des Nassauischen Verreins für Naturkunde 61:223–295. 
Figures 1–2.—Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand 1908), female from Huatajata, Bolivia: 1. Carapace, frontal view; 2. Carapace, lateral view. Scale bars = 2.00 mm
Figures 3–9.—Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand 1908), from Huatajata, Bolivia: 3. Female body, dorsal view; 4. Male pedipalp, ventral view; 5. Male pedipalp, retrolateral view; 6. Male pedipalp, antero-ventral view; 7. Female epigynum, ventral view; 8. Cleared female epigynum, ventral view; 9. Female epigynum, dorsal view. Abbreviations: BS = base of spermatheca, E = embolus, EP = epigynal plate, FD = fertilization duct, HS = head of spermatheca, MA = median apophysis, MS = median septum, S = stalk of spermatheca, TL = tegular lobe. Scale bars: Figure 3 = 2.00 mm; Figures 4–9 = 0.25 mm
Figure 10. Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand 1908), known records. Peru: 1. Pucayacu; 2. Cusco; 3. Quebrada Jalunmoco Huayco; 4. Arapa; 5. Puno. Bolivia: 6. Huatajata; 7. Guaqui. Argentina: 8. La Plata
