Hogna idonea
Hogna idonea is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is endemic to South Africa and is commonly known as the East London burrow-living wolf spider.
Distribution
Hogna idonea is found only in East London in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows. It has been sampled from the Thicket biome at an altitude of 56 m.Description
Hogna idonea is known only from males.The cephalothorax is brown with a black eye field and a median band as well as wide, medially wavy bordered marginal bands. These three bands protrude sharply, are pale yellow, and are densely haired with white hair.
The abdomen is dorsally black-brown, with the entire broad middle field white-yellow and sharply delimited at the sides. At the median in front, it shows a reddish-yellow, black narrowly marked lancet band followed by five to six black median markings. Ventrally, the epigaster is pale yellow, but behind this is a square median spot. The sternum and coxae are uniformly rusty yellow, as are other leg segments.