Dark Wolf Spider Hogna kuyani Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006
Fauna Portal species: 6105
Hogna kuyani male, dorsal (HBI N15391-1; Barrow Island, Western Australia)
Image: G. de F. Rossi (2023)
Fauna Portal Image No. 12550Diagnosis
(after Framenau et al. 2006): Hogna kuyani can be distinguished from H. crispipes and H. diyari by its uniform, dark reddish-brown carapace coloration with a dense cover of silver-grey setae and the absence of median or submarginal bands. The median septum of the female epigynum is comparatively longer than that of the other two Hogna species.
Hogna kuyani is a highly variable species and recent molecular work has shown that the variety described by Framenau et al. (2006) only shows one morphotype of this species. It is best identified based on male and female genitalia, with the tegular apophysis of the male pedipalp having a comparatively much longer ridge than any other species in the genus; correspondingly, the female epigyne is very long. The species can also be diagnosed based on molecular data.
Status
- native
Linnean Holotype
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2006): The wolf spiders of Artesian springs in arid South Australia, with a revalidation of Tetralycosa (Araneae, Lycosidae). Journal of Arachnology. 34: 1 - 36