Hogna deweti
Hogna deweti is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as De Wet's burrow-living wolf spider.
Distribution
Hogna deweti is known only from South Africa, with the type locality given simply as Karoo.Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.Description
Hogna deweti is known only from males.The cephalothorax is dark brown with a black eye field and a medially wavy marginal band. These three bands are sharp, pale yellow, and densely covered in white hair.
The abdomen is dorsally grey-brown, with a narrow, almost parallel-sided and broadly black-edged long mark at the anterior median in a light whitish-yellow field of the middle third. Behind this are four blackish median angular spots. The ventral abdomen is uniformly black. The sternum and coxae are rusty yellow in color.