Biology:Hogna deweti
| De Wet's 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. deweti
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| Binomial name | |
| Hogna deweti Roewer, 1959
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Hogna deweti is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae.[1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as De Wet's burrow-living wolf spider.[2]
Distribution
Hogna deweti is known only from South Africa, with the type locality given simply as Karoo.[2]
Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.[2]
Description
Hogna deweti is known only from males.[2]
The cephalothorax is dark brown with a black eye field and a medially wavy marginal band. These three bands are sharp, pale yellow, and densely covered in white hair.[3]
The abdomen is dorsally grey-brown, with a narrow, almost parallel-sided and broadly black-edged long mark at the anterior median in a light whitish-yellow field of the middle third. Behind this are four blackish median angular spots. The ventral abdomen is uniformly black. The sternum and coxae are rusty yellow in color.[3]
Conservation
The status of the species remains unclear. Additional sampling is needed to collect females and determine the full geographic range.[2]
References
- ↑ "Hogna deweti Roewer, 1959". World Spider Catalog. https://wsc.nmbe.ch/species/19662.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 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. 61. doi:10.5281/zenodo.6324709.
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- ↑ 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: 479, f. 267a-c.
Wikidata ☰ Q2423238 entry
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