Hogna idonea
| East London 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. idonea
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna idonea Roewer, 1959
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Hogna idonea is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the East London burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
[edit]Hogna idonea is found only in East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.[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 Thicket biome at an altitude of 56 m.
Description
[edit]Hogna idonea is known only from males.[2]
The cephalothorax is brown with a black eye field and a median band as well as wide, medially wavy bordered marginal bands. These three bands protrude sharply, are pale yellow, and are densely haired with white hair.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally black-brown, with the entire broad middle field white-yellow and sharply delimited at the sides. At the median in front, it shows a reddish-yellow, black narrowly marked lancet band followed by five to six black median markings. Ventrally, the epigaster is pale yellow, but behind this is a square median spot. The sternum and coxae are uniformly rusty yellow, as are other leg segments.[3]
Conservation
[edit]The species is known only from the type locality with a limited range. Additional sampling is needed to collect females and determine the full geographic range.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Hogna idonea Roewer, 1959". World Spider Catalog. Retrieved 2025-10-01.
- ^ a b c d e 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. 62. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 478, f. 266a-b.
