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Issue: Vol. 5369 No. 4: 13 Nov. 2023
Type: Article
Published: 2023-11-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.4
Page range: 533-552
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Notes on Indian wolf spiders: III. Genera Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908, Evippomma Roewer, 1959, Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 and Trochosa C.L. Koch, 1847 (Araneae: Lycosidae)

Division of Arachnology; Department of Zoology; Sacred Heart College; Thevara; Cochin; Kerala 682 013; India
Department of Anatomy; Saveetha Medical College & Hospital; Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences; Saveetha University; Chennai; Tamil Nadu 602 105; India
Araneae homonym India synonymy taxonomy transfer type material Zoological Survey of India

Abstract

The species of the genera Acantholycosa Dahl, 1908, Evippomma Roewer, 1959, Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 and Trochosa C.L. Koch, 1847 described/recorded from India, are reviewed. The following new combinations are recognized: Arctosa dhikala comb. et nom. nov. (ex. Trochosa), Arctosa kalpiensis (Gajbe, 2004) comb. nov. (ex. Hippasosa), Evippa baltoroi (Caporiacco, 1935) comb. nov. (ex. Acantholycosa), Pardosa evippiformis Caporiacco, 1935 comb. rest. (ex. Evippomma), and Pirata punctipes (Gravely, 1924) comb. nov. (ex. Trochosa). Photographs of all the examined type material and supplementary descriptions for A. dhikala comb. et nom. nov., E. baltoroi comb. nov., P. evippiformis comb. rest., and P. punctipes comb. nov. are provided. Lectotypes have been designated for E. baltoroi comb. nov., P. evippiformis comb. rest. and P. punctipes comb. nov. With the new combination for T. punctipes, the genus Pirata Sundevall, 1833 is recorded for the first time in India, and that for A. baltoroi and E. evippiforme show the record of the genera Acantholycosa and Evippomma from India is incorrect.

 

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