Hogna schreineri
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| Schreiner's 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. schreineri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hogna schreineri (Purcell, 1903) | |
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Hogna schreineri is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as Schreiner's burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Hogna schreineri is found in Namibia and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from Limpopo and the Northern Cape provinces.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Hogna schreineri is known from both sexes.[2]
The carapace is brown with dark, whitish hairy stripes, weak wavy ends, whitish hairy submarginal bands, and an equally hairy narrow median band.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally blackish with a broad light yellowish central field running almost to the rear end, bordered by a blackish, black-trimmed median trapezoid in front and black square spots at the back. On each side are two large blackish spots. Ventrally, the sternum and coxae are black. The chelicerae are blackish and frontally yellowish hairy.[3]
Conservation
The species has a large geographic range and is protected in Benfontein Game Reserve, Rooipoort Nature Reserve, and Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve.[2]
