Hogna bimaculata
| Two-spotted burrow-living wolf spider | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hogna |
| Species: | H. bimaculata
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna bimaculata (Purcell, 1903)
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Hogna bimaculata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the two-spotted burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Hogna bimaculata is found in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.[2]
In South Africa, it is recorded from Eastern Cape, Free State, Gauteng, Limpopo, and Western Cape.[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 Fynbos, Savanna, and Thicket biomes at altitudes ranging from 60 to 1730 m.[2]
Description
[edit]Hogna bimaculata is known only from females.[2]
The cephalothorax has brown, whitish and yellowish intermingled hairs, with a yellowish median band[3]
The abdomen is dorsally blackish, on the front half with a spindle-shaped, brownish median band, which is slightly blackish-edged and each side is accompanied by a pale, broad streak which unites with the opposite side in front of the median band; ventrally black, sometimes behind with a pair of white hair spots.[3]
Conservation
[edit]The species has a large geographic range and is protected in six protected areas. There are no significant threats to the species.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit]The species was originally described by Purcell in 1903 as Lycosa bimaculata from East London, South Africa.[4] It was later revised by Roewer in 1959.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hogna bimaculata (Purcell, 1903)". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e f g 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. 59. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709.
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- ^ a b c Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 471, f. 262.
- ^ Purcell, W.F. (1903). "New South African spiders of the families Migidae, Ctenizidae, Barychelidae Dipluridae, and Lycosidae". Annals of the South African Museum. 3: 120, pl. 8, f. 13.
