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Hogna infulata
Species of spider From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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Distribution
Hogna infulata is found only in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.[2]
Habitat and ecology
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]
Description
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]
Conservation
The species is known only from the type locality with a limited range. Additional sampling is needed to determine the full geographic range.[2]
References
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