Hippasosa Roewer, 1960

Genus Hippasosa Roewer, 1960 View in CoL

Type species.

Hippasosa pilosa Roewer, 1960 ; gender feminine.

Diagnosis.

This genus resembles Hippasa Simon, 1885 in weaving funnel-shaped webs ( Wang et al. 2015: fig. 1 B), male palps with a hook-like terminal apophysis, a slender embolus, and a bifid median apophysis (Figs 1 A, B View Figure 1 , 3 B, C View Figure 3 , 4 A, B View Figure 4 , 5 C – F View Figure 5 , 6 A – C View Figure 6 ), and an epigyne covered with white setae (Figs 5 G View Figure 5 , 6 D, E View Figure 6 ). Hippasosa can be distinguished from Hippasa by the following characters: body fatter (Figs 1 View Figure 1 , 3 A View Figure 3 , 5 A, B View Figure 5 , vs body slenderer, Wang et al. 2015: figs 4 A, B, 6 A, B, 8 A, B), terminal apophysis three (Figs 6 A – C View Figure 6 , vs one, Wang et al. 2015: figs 3 A, B, 4 C, D), anterior arm of median apophysis as long as posterior arm (Figs 2 A, B View Figure 2 , 3 B, C View Figure 3 , 4 A, B View Figure 4 , 5 C – F View Figure 5 , vs longer than posterior arm, Wang et al. 2015: figs 3 A, B, 4 C, D), stem anchor-shaped (Figs 4 C View Figure 4 , 5 G View Figure 5 , 6 D, E View Figure 6 vs a strong, posteriorly extended scape, Wang et al. 2015: figs 3 C, D, 4 E, G, 5 C, D, 6 F, G, or with an obviously epigynal atrium, Wang et al. 2015: figs 7 C, 8 E, F), diameter of spermathecal head almost six times width of spermathecal stalk (Figs 4 D View Figure 4 , 5 H View Figure 5 vs 1.5–3 times, Wang et al. 2015: figs 3 D, 4 G, 5 D, 6 G, 7 D, 8 G).

Composition and distribution.

Eleven species known from Africa, Arabian Peninsula, and Asia.