Lycosidae Sundevall, 1833

Family |   ACCEPTED
N.B.: according to Brignoli, 1983c: 432, "Guy (1966, 1969) has proposed many synonymies and has downgraded many genera to subgenus rank; as this author based his conclusions more on nomenclature than on the study of material (or even of the original descriptions)", Platnick (WSC 15.0) did not accept Guy's conclusions; the changes by Guy, 1966 are noted (except where more recent work has superseded them); Guy, 1969 is merely a literature compilation that reflects those changes and is not cited separately; several genera of Lycosidae have been found not to be monophyletic (Murphy et al., 2006). Piacentini & Ramírez, 2019: 233-237 confirm ten valid subfamilies of Lycosidae: Venoniinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979, Zoicinae Lehtinen & Hippa, 1979 (= Piratinae Zyuzin, 1993), Evippinae Zyuzin, 1985, Sosippinae Dondale, 1986 (= Hygrolycosinae He & Song, 1996), Artoriinae Framenau, 2007, Tricassinae Alderweireldt & Jocqué, 1993 (= Arctosinae He & Song, 1996), Hippasinae Simon, 1898, Allocosinae Dondale, 1986, Pardosinae Simon, 1898 (= Wadicosinae Zyuzin, 1985) and Lycosinae Sundevall, 1833; the family is not monophyletic per Kulkarni, Wood & Hormiga, 2023: 518, f. 17-18.
Gen. Hippasella Mello-Leitão, 1944 urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:01622
N.B.: removed from the synonymy of Sosippus Simon, 1888 by Sierwald, 2000: 138, contra Capocasale, 1990: 140.

Transferred to other genera:

Hippasella arapensis (Strand, 1908) -- see Diapontia

In synonymy:

Hippasella nitida Mello-Leitão, 1944 = Hippasella guaquiensis Strand, 1908 (Álvares & Brescovit, 2007: 315)

Hippasella alhue Piacentini, 2011 | | Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:044311
Hippasella alhue Piacentini, 2011: 29, f. 1a-c, 2a-i, 3a-c, 4a-b, 18c, 19c (Dmf) Original description
Hippasella guaquiensis (Strand, 1908) | | Peru, Bolivia, Argentina urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:019297
Tarentula guaquiensis Strand, 1908e: 252 (Dmf) Original description
Lycosa guaquiensis Petrunkevitch, 1911: 559
Hippasella nitida Mello-Leitão, 1944b: 343, f. 32 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:017923]
Trochosa guaquiensis Roewer, 1955c: 301
Sosippus nitidus Capocasale, 1990: 139, f. 12-13 (m, T from Hippasella)
Hippasella nitida Sierwald, 2000: 138 (T from Sosippus)
Hippasella guaquiensis Álvares & Brescovit, 2007: 314, f. 1-10 (mf, T from Trochosa, S of Hippasella nitida)

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