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).

Published as part of 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), pp. 533-552 in Zootaxa 5369 (4) on pages 537-539, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5369.4.4, http://zenodo.org/record/10145893