Hogna adjacens
| Kimberley burrow-living wolf spider | |
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| Male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hogna |
| Species: | H. adjacens
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959
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Hogna adjacens is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Kimberley burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Hogna adjacens is found in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces of South Africa.[2] Notable localities include Kimberley, Vyeboom, and Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve.[2]
Habitat and ecology
[edit]This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.[2]
It has been sampled from the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 591 to 1218 m.[2]
Description
[edit]Hogna adjacens is described only from females.[2]
The cephalothorax is brown without protruding stripes or rays and lacks side bands. It has a very narrow, tightly parallel-edged, rusty yellow median band between the eyes of the black eye field at its narrowest point. The surface of the cephalothorax is uniformly grey-white hairy in the remainder.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally grey-brown with fine and dense yellowish speckles, bearing a slightly blackish median lancet band in front that is bordered on both sides by a pair of blackish spots at its middle and rear end. The sternum is uniformly black, with brown coxae each bearing a lighter basal spot. Other leg segments are uniformly rust-brown and not spotted. The chelicerae are black and grey hairy frontally.[3]
Conservation
[edit]The species is protected in Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve. Additional sampling is needed to collect males and determine the full geographic range.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was described by Roewer in 1959, with the holotype locality given as Kalahari. The paratype was collected in Kimberley, with both collections made prior to 1959.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Dippenaar-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. 58. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709.
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- ^ a b Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 481, f. 269a-b.
