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Lycosidae  Sundevall, 1833 / Hippasosa  Roewer, 1960   2 species

Hippasosa pilosa (Roewer, 1960)

WSC LSID urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017924

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Description

Prosoma pale brown, with irregular pattern. Sternum yellow. Chelicerae brown. Legs yellow to pale brown, usually with faint annulations. Opisthosoma: dorsum greyish with variable pattern, venter light grey.

Body length male: 11.0-14.5 mm
Body length female: 13.5-18.0 mm
Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Turkey, Africa to Saudi Arabia, India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar
Figures
species

male Pedipalp, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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male Pedipalp, retrolateral view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Epigyne, ventral view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Epigyne
(Sankaran & Caleb 2023)

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female Epigyne, variation
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Vulva
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Opisthosoma, lateral view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

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female Habitus, dorsal view
(Alderweireldt 1996a)

Distribution List
Egypt   (Alderweireldt, 1996a) ||| Turkey (Asia)   (Danışman et al., 2025a) |||
References

Alderweireldt M (1996a) A taxonomic revision of the genus Ocyale Audouin, 1826 in Africa (Araneae: Lycosidae). Journal of Natural History 30: 1349-1365 pdf

Danışman T, Kunt K B, Özkütük R S, Coşar İ (2025a) The checklist of the spiders of Turkey. Version 2025 [last updated 01 December 2025], online at http://www.spidersofturkey.info pdf

Sankaran P M, Caleb J T D (2023) Notes on Indian wolf spiders: III. Genera Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908, Evippomma Roewer, 1959, Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 and Trochosa C.L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae). Zootaxa 5369: 533-552 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
14-11-2023 Image insert
14-11-2023 Distribution update Detail
14-01-2014 Image insert