Hogna

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

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{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Hogna radiata (AF)-top 01.png

| image_caption = Hogna radiata

| taxon = Hogna

| authority = Simon, 1885

| type_species = Hogna radiata

| type_species_authority = (Latreille, 1817)

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 230, see text

| synonyms = *Citilycosa Roewer, 1960

  • Galapagosa Roewer, 1960
  • Isohogna Roewer, 1960
  • Lycorma Simon, 1885
  • Lynxosa Roewer, 1960
  • Trochosula Roewer, 1960

| synonyms_ref =

}}

Hogna is a genus of wolf spiders with more than 200 described species. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.

File:Eye Arrangement of a Hogna Wolf Spider.png

Etymology

The word Hogna might be a rough latinization of one of the Greek words ὄχνη (ókhnē) "pear" or ὄγχνη (ónkhnē) "pear-tree".{{cite web |url= https://lists.ku.edu/pipermail/taxacom/2009-November/114805.html |title= Origin of the name "Hogna", a genus of wolf spiders |last= Bosselaers |first= Jan |date= 2009-11-15 |website= Taxacom |publisher= University of Kansas |access-date= 2021-03-01 |quote= They did not strike me as overly pear-shaped, but who knows.}}

Species

File:Hogna lenta 18.jpg (16 millimeters). Skittish, easily startled and made threat displays. From 36° N 80° W.]]

Hogna carolinensis is among the largest spiders found in the United States; females may have a body length of from {{convert|22|mm|in|abbr=on}} to {{convert|35|mm|in|abbr=on}}. The carapace of H. carolinensis is characterized by an overall dark brown coloration, usually without any patterned variations. Its abdomen has a slightly darker stripe down its center, and its ventral side is black. This spider typically dwells in a vertical tube dug into the ground that may reach as deep as eight inches.

{{As of|2022|02}}, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:

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References

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{{citation |title=Gen. Hogna Simon, 1885 |work=World Spider Catalog |publisher=Natural History Museum Bern |url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/1814 |accessdate=23 February 2022}}

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  • {{cite book|title=How to Know the Spiders|url=https://archive.org/details/howtoknowspiders0000kast|url-access=registration|first=Benjamin Julian|last=Kaston|authorlink=B. J. Kaston|publisher=W.C. Brown Co.|location=Dubuque, IA|edition=1st|series=Pictured key nature series|isbn=0-697-04898-5|oclc=681432632|year=1953}}

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Category:Lycosidae

Category:Cosmopolitan spiders

Category:Lycosidae genera