| East London 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. idonea |
| Binomial name | |
| Hogna idonea Roewer, 1959 | |
Hogna idonea is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the East London burrow-living wolf spider. [2]
Hogna idonea is found only in East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. [2]
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows. [2] It has been sampled from the Thicket biome at an altitude of 56 m.
Hogna idonea is known only from males. [2]
The cephalothorax is brown with a black eye field and a median band as well as wide, medially wavy bordered marginal bands. These three bands protrude sharply, are pale yellow, and are densely haired with white hair. [3]
The abdomen is dorsally black-brown, with the entire broad middle field white-yellow and sharply delimited at the sides. At the median in front, it shows a reddish-yellow, black narrowly marked lancet band followed by five to six black median markings. Ventrally, the epigaster is pale yellow, but behind this is a square median spot. The sternum and coxae are uniformly rusty yellow, as are other leg segments. [3]
The species is known only from the type locality with a limited range. Additional sampling is needed to collect females and determine the full geographic range. [2]
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