| Port Elizabeth 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. infulata |
| Binomial name | |
| Hogna infulata Roewer, 1959 | |
Hogna infulata is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. [1] It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Port Elizabeth burrow-living wolf spider. [2]
Hogna infulata is found only in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. [2]
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows. It has been sampled from the Thicket and Fynbos biomes at an altitude of 7 m. [2]
Hogna infulata is known from both sexes. [2]
The cephalothorax is reddish brown with a black eye field, yellow medially straight marginal bands, and a yellow median band widened in front of the striae that is hairy white along its entire length. [3]
The abdomen has a broad, pale yellow but abundantly black-speckled middle field along its entire length that is sharply demarcated from the blackish lateral areas. In front, it has a jagged black-brown median band. Ventrally, the area behind the pale yellow, uniformly colored epigaster is speckled. [3]
The sternum is black-brown with a light wedge spot at the front median. The coxae are brown, each with a lighter basal spot, while the rest of the legs are red-brown. [3]
The species is known only from the type locality with a limited range. Additional sampling is needed to determine the full geographic range. [2]
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