Hogna adjacens
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| Kimberley burrow-living wolf spider | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hogna |
| Species: | H. adjacens |
| Binomial name | |
| Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959 | |
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]
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
Description
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
The species is protected in Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve. Additional sampling is needed to collect males and determine the full geographic range.[2]
