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]
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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]
12345678Dippenaar-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.
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