Hogna unicolor
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| Mozambique burrow-living wolf spider | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hogna |
| Species: | H. unicolor |
| Binomial name | |
| Hogna unicolor Roewer, 1959 | |
Hogna unicolor is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in southern Africa and is commonly known as the Mozambique burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Hogna unicolor is found in Mozambique and South Africa.[2] In South Africa, it is recorded from Gauteng and the Western Cape provinces.[2]
Habitat and ecology
Description
Hogna unicolor is known from both sexes.[2]
The cephalothorax is brown, turning uniformly black-brown towards the sides without any banding. The eye field is black.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally evenly brown like the cephalothorax and hairy grey-white but without any markings. Ventrally, the sternum is completely black.[3]
The legs are brown, with the third and especially fourth tibia ventral-apical and ventral-basal blackened. The chelicerae are dark brown.[3]
Conservation
Hogna unicolor has a large geographic range and is protected in Klipriviersberg Nature Reserve, Ezemvelo Nature Reserve, and Bontebok National Park.[2]
