Hogna simoni
Hogna simoni is a species of spider in the family Lycosidae. It is found in Africa and is commonly known as the spotted burrow-living wolf spider.
Distribution
Hogna simoni is found in Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, and South Africa.In South Africa, it is known only from KwaZulu-Natal province.
Habitat and ecology
This species is a free-living ground dweller that lives in open burrows.In South Africa, it has been sampled from the Savanna biome at an altitude of 131 m.
Description
Hogna simoni is known from both sexes.The cephalothorax has a red-brown eye field with dark radial bands, broad medially wavy margins, white-coated marginal bands, and a narrow white hairy median band barely broadened in front of the striae.
The abdomen is dorsally rusty yellow and pale hairy, with a broad lanceolate reddish-yellow median band in front that has whisker-like dot flecks. Behind this are five to six whisker-like angular flecks.
The legs are rusty yellow and white hairy, with the femora dorsally slightly darker.
The chelicerae are black and frontally whitish hairy.