Biology:Hogna adjacens
| Kimberley 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. adjacens
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959
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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]
Distribution
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
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.[2]
It has been sampled from the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 591 to 1218 m.[2]
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]
Taxonomy
The species was described by Roewer in 1959, with the holotype locality given as Kalahari. The paratype was collected in Kimberley, with both collections made prior to 1959.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/19614.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 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. 58. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709.
This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Roewer, C.F. (1959). "Araneae Lycosaeformia II (Lycosidae)". Exploration du Parc National de l'Upemba, Mission G. F. de Witte 55: 481, f. 269a-b.
External links
- {{Inaturalist taxon}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.
Wikidata ☰ Q2684922 entry
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