Hogna denisi


Hogna denisi is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as Denis's burrow-living wolf spider.

Distribution

Hogna denisi is known only from the Western Cape province of South Africa, with the type locality given simply as "Capland".

Habitat and ecology

This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows. It has been sampled from the Fynbos biome.

Description

Hogna denisi is known only from females.
The cephalothorax has a rusty yellow eye field with a medially wavy band and a pale yellow marginal band. The abdomen is dorsally clay-yellow, with a slightly dark, indicated median angular long band on the anterior two-thirds that is accompanied on both sides by two strong spots on each side. Ventrally, the epigyne, sternum, and coxae are pale yellow.

Conservation

The status of the species remains unclear. Additional sampling is needed to collect males and determine the full geographic range.