Hogna simoni
| Spotted burrow-living wolf spider | |
|---|---|
| male | |
| male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Lycosidae |
| Genus: | Hogna |
| Species: | H. simoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna simoni Roewer, 1959
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Hogna simoni is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the spotted burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
Hogna simoni is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and South Africa.[2]
In South Africa, it is known only from KwaZulu-Natal province.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.[2]
In South Africa, it has been sampled from the Savanna biome at an altitude of 131 m.[2]
Description
Hogna simoni is known from both sexes.[2]
The cephalothorax has a red-brown eye field with dark radial bands, broad medially wavy margins, white-coated marginal bands, and a narrow white hairy median band barely broadened in front of the striae.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally rusty yellow and pale hairy, with a broad lanceolate reddish-yellow median band in front that has whisker-like dot flecks.[3] Behind this are five to six whisker-like angular flecks.[3]
The legs are rusty yellow and white hairy, with the femora dorsally slightly darker.[3]
The chelicerae are black and frontally whitish hairy.[3]
Conservation
The species has a large geographic range in Africa and is protected in uMkhuze Game Reserve in South Africa.[2]
Etymology
The species is named after Eugène Simon, a prominent French arachnologist who made extensive contributions to spider taxonomy.
Taxonomy
The species was described by Roewer in 1959 from Zaire, now the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Hogna simoni Roewer, 1959". 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. 66. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709. This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ^ a b c d e f Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte. 55: 499, f. 281a-d.