Hogna adjacens
Hogna adjacens is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the Kimberley burrow-living wolf spider.
Distribution
Hogna adjacens is found in the Northern Cape and Limpopo provinces of South Africa. Notable localities include Kimberley, Vyeboom, and Lekgalameetse Nature Reserve.Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.It has been sampled from the Savanna biome at altitudes ranging from 591 to 1218 m.
Description
Hogna adjacens is described only from females.The cephalothorax is brown without protruding stripes or rays and lacks side bands. It has a very narrow, tightly parallel-edged, rusty yellow median band between the eyes of the black eye field at its narrowest point. The surface of the cephalothorax is uniformly grey-white hairy in the remainder.
The abdomen is dorsally grey-brown with fine and dense yellowish speckles, bearing a slightly blackish median lancet band in front that is bordered on both sides by a pair of blackish spots at its middle and rear end. The sternum is uniformly black, with brown coxae each bearing a lighter basal spot. Other leg segments are uniformly rust-brown and not spotted. The chelicerae are black and grey hairy frontally.