Evippa

Evippa
Illustration of Evippa douglasi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Lycosidae
Genus:	Evippa Simon1
Species
35, see text

Evippa is a genus of spiders in the family Lycosidae. It was first described in 1882 by Simon. As of 2017, it contains 35 species widely distributed in Asia and Africa.¹

Evippa comprises the following species:¹

• Evippa aculeata (Kroneberg, 1875) (Central Asia and Caucasus)
• Evippa aequalis Alderweireldt, 1991 (Burkina Faso, Senegal and Sudan)
• Evippa apsheronica Marusik, Guseinov & Koponen, 2003 (Azerbaijan, European Russia and Ukraine)
• Evippa arenaria (Audouin, 1826) (Sahara Desert, but likely introduced to Israel and UAE)
• Evippa badchysica Sternbergs, 1979 (southwestern Turkmenistan)
• Evippa banarensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 (Rajastan and likely neighbouring territories, India)
• Evippa benevola (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1885) (Iran)
• Evippa caucasica Marusik, Guseinov & Koponen, 2003 (Azerbaijan)
• Evippa concolor (Kroneberg, 1875) (Tajikistan)
• Evippa douglasi Hogg, 1912 (China)
• Evippa eltonica Dunin, 1994 (Iran, northwestern Kazakhstan and Elton lake, Russia)
• Evippa fortis Roewer, 1955 (Iran and likely introduced to UAE)
• Evippa jabalpurensis Gajbe, 2004 (Eastern India)
• Evippa jocquei Alderweireldt, 1991 (North Africa and likely introduced to UAE)
• Evippa kazachstanica Ponomarev, 2007 (Kazakhstan)
• Evippa kirchshoferae Roewer, 1959 (Spain and Tunisia)
• Evippa lugubris Chen, Song & Kim, 1998 (Belarus, European Russia and Ukraine)
• Evippa luteipalpis Roewer, 1955 (eastern Iran)
• Evippa massaica (Roewer, 1959) (Tanzania(?))
• Evippa nigerrima (Miller & Buchar, 1972) (Afghanistan)
• Evippa onager Simon, 1895 (Xinjiang, China and very less likely Turkmenistan)
• Evippa praelongipes (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1871) (Central Asia)
• Evippa projecta Alderweireldt, 1991 (Kenya)
• Evippa rajasthanea Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 (Rajasthan, India)
• Evippa rubiginosa Simon, 1885 (South India)
• Evippa russellsmithi Alderweireldt, 1991 (Ethiopia and Somalia)
• Evippa schenkeli Sternbergs, 1979 (southwestern Turkmenistan)
• Evippa shivajii Tikader & Malhotra, 1980
• Evippa sibirica Marusik, 1995 (from north-eastern Kazakhstan to Tuva and Gobi-Altai Aimak in Mongolia)
• Evippa sjostedti Schenkel, 1936 (Central Asia, mostly in Mongolia)
• Evippa soderbomi Schenkel, 1936 (Mongolia and northern China)
• Evippa sohani Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 (Maharashtra, India)
• Evippa solanensis Tikader & Malhotra, 1980 (northernmost India)
• Evippa strandi (Lessert, 1926) (Congo, DRC, Rwanda and Tanzania)
• Evippa turkmenica Sternbergs, 1979 (Turkmenistan(?))