Hippasa funerea

Popela's funnel-web wolf spider
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Hippasa
Species:	H. funerea
Binomial name
	Hippasa funerea; Lessert, 1925

Hippasa funerea is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.^[1] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as Popela's funnel-web wolf spider.^[2]

Distribution

Hippasa funerea is found in Botswana, Lesotho, and South Africa.^[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, and Western Cape.^[2]

Habitat and ecology

This species is a ground dweller that makes sheet-webs in low vegetation.^[2]

It has been sampled from the Grassland, Fynbos, Thicket, and Savanna biomes at altitudes ranging from 36 to 2785 m.^[2]

Description

Conservation

Hippasa funerea has a large geographic range and is protected in five protected areas.^[2] There are no significant threats to the species.^[2]

Taxonomy

The species was originally described by Lessert in 1925 from Popela in KwaZulu-Natal^[3] and later revised by Alderweireldt and Jocqué in 2005.^[4] It is known from both sexes.^[2]

References

↑ "Hippasa funerea Lessert, 1925". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 56. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
↑ Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 32: 334, f. 6. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117932.
↑ Alderweireldt, M.; Jocqué, R. (2005). "A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical representatives of the genus Hippasa (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 2: 58, f. 1, 9–12, 31–34.

External links

Citizen science observations for Hippasa funerea at iNaturalist

[wsc-1] "Hippasa funerea Lessert, 1925". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.

[dippenaar2021-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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. 56. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

[lessert1925-3] Lessert, R. de (1925). "Araignées du sud de l'Afrique (suite)". Revue Suisse de Zoologie. 32: 334, f. 6. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.117932.

[alderweireldt2005-4] Alderweireldt, M.; Jocqué, R. (2005). "A taxonomic review of the Afrotropical representatives of the genus Hippasa (Araneae, Lycosidae)". Journal of Afrotropical Zoology. 2: 58, f. 1, 9–12, 31–34.

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