Arctosa kalpiensis ( Gajbe, 2004 ) Sankaran & Caleb, 2023

Sankaran, Pradeep M. & Caleb, John 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 (4), pp. 533-552 : 537-539

Arctosa kalpiensis ( Gajbe, 2004) comb. nov.

Fig. 3

Ocyale kalpiensis Gajbe, 2004: 29 , figs 37–39 (subadult ♀).

Hippasosa kalpiensis : Sherwood 2022: 583 (transfer from Ocyale ).

Type material. Holotype subadult ♀ from INDIA: Madhya Pradesh: Mandla: Narayanganj: Kalpi (22°54'N, 80°12'E; 580 m alt.), leg. U.A Gajbe, 15 June 1982, repository NZC-ZSI, Kolkata (no registration number specified), examined.

Description. For description of the subadult female, see Gajbe (2004).

Male. Unknown.

Notes. This species was described based on a single female specimen collected from Madhya Pradesh ( Gajbe 2004). It was recently transferred to Hippasosa as a consequence of the resurrection of this genus from its synonymy with Ocyale ( Sherwood 2022) . Detailed examination of the type material of O. kalpiensis revealed that the holotype female is a subadult ( Fig. 3A ). The pre-epigyne of this species lacks the inverted T-shaped septum, which is present in the epigyne of Hippasosa species ( Alderweireldt 1996: figs 4–11, 20–24), indicating the misplacement of this species in Hippasosa (see also Jocque et al. 2017). Instead, the pre-epigyne with a conspicuous atrium divided by a median septum as seen in A. cinerea supports an interim inclusion of this species in Arctosa (compare Fig. 3B with Buchar et al. 2006: fig. 25; Wang et al. 2012: fig. 12E). Based on these observations, we transfer H. kalpiensis to Arctosa .

The NZC-ZSI collection has one glass tube for this species, labelled as ‘holotype’ (no registration number specified) containing one subadult female specimen in fairly good condition. The same tube has a small glass vial containing the dissected genitalia ( Fig. 3B–C ).

Distribution. India (Madhya Pradesh, Gajbe 2004).

Figures

FIGURE 3. Arctosa kalpiensis (Gajbe, 2004) comb. nov., holotype of Ocyale kalpiensis Gajbe, 2004. A subadult female habitus, dorsal. B pre-epigyne of the same, ventral. C pre-vulva of the same, dorsal. D labels from type tube. Scale bars: A, 1 mm; B–C, 0.2 mm.