Hogna carolinensis (Walckenaer, 1805)
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FAMILY: LYCOSIDAE Sundevall, 1833 Genus: Hogna Simon, 1885 Species: Hogna carolinensis (Walckenaer, 1805)  |
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General Comments: Adults are nocturnal hunters, but individuals have been observed roaming fields during the day. They build burrows to a depth of 12cm and provision them with turrets of grass and silk. The range of this species is Oregon and Wyoming to southern Ontario and Maine, south to Baja California, Texas, and Florida (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Common Names
Family Common Name:
wolf spiders
Genus Common Name:
none
Species Common Name:
none
Distribution
Global Distribution: USA, Mexico
Nearctic States & Provinces: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
AZ CO FL KS OK SC TX WY
Collection Locales Mapped by Year Collected: (from the Nearctic Spider Database)
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Natural History, Phenology & Image(s)
Feeding Guild:† ground runners
†Feeding guild when noted defined by Uetz, G. W., J. Halaj, and A. B. Cady. 1999. Guild structure of spiders in major crops. Journal of Arachnology 27:270-280. PDF
Recorded Habitats: (not yet recorded or unknown)
Life & Natural History: Males mature in August - September, and females from August to the next summer. Mating takes place in the autumn and the females oviposit the following May or June (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Seasonality of Specimen Records: (from the Nearctic Spider Database - Requires Flash plug-in - refresh this page if not visible)
Image(s) of Habitus:
Details About Males
Description: The carapace is dark reddish or orange-brown to dark and has dark radiating lines. The median and submarginal bands are pale and weakly developed and the eye area is dark. The legs are dark reddish orange and darken toward the tips. The tips of femora III and IV and the bases and tips of tibiae III and IV are black as are the chelicerae. The abdomen is grayish and the heart mark is broad and indistinct. The venter of the abdomen is dull black. Palp: The terminal apophysis is stout and sickle-shaped. The median apophysis is short, thick, lacks a spur, and is raised at the distal end. The cymbium has 10+ macrosetae at the tip and the palea is prominent and rugose (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
Male Dimensions:
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Details About Females
Description: The coloration is much the same as the male. Epigynum: lacks a hood and the atrium is reduced to a narrow, deep groove along the sides of the median septum, which is slender, uniformly wide, and ridge-like (Dondale & Redner, 1990).
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Descriptions Source:
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.
Synonyms and Chresonyms‡
Taxonomic References‡
Chamberlin, R. V. 1908. Revision of North American spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 60: 158-318.
Chamberlin, R. V. & W. Ivie. 1944. Spiders of the Georgia region of North America. Bull. Univ. Utah 35(9): 1-267.
Comstock, J. H. 1912. The spider book; a manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives, the scorpions, pseudoscorpions, whipscorpions, harvestmen and other members of the class Arachnida, found in America north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classification and popular accounts of their habits. Garden City, New York, pp. 1-721
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.
Emerton, J. H. 1902. The common spiders of the United States. Boston, pp. 1-225.
Emerton, J. H. 1885. New England Lycosidae. Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts Sci. 6: 481-505.
Girard, C. 1852. Arachnidians. In Marcy, R. (ed.), Natural History of the Red River of Louisiana. Washington, Appendix F (Zoology): 262-271.
Kaston, B. J. 1948. Spiders of Connecticut. Bull. Conn. St. geol. nat. Hist. Surv. 70: 1-874.
Montgomery, T. H. 1904. Descriptions of North American Araneae of the families Lycosidae and Pisauridae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 56: 261-325.
Montgomery, T. H. 1902. Descriptions of Lycosidae and Oxyopidae of Philadelphia and its vicinity. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 54: 534-592.
Paquin, P. & N. Dupérré. 2003. Guide d'identification des araignées de Québec. Fabreries, Suppl. 11 1-251.
Roewer, C. F. 1955. Katalog der Araneen von 1758 bis 1940, bzw. 1954. Bruxelles, 2: 1-1751.
Simon, E. 1864. Histoire naturelle des araignées (aranéides). Paris, pp. 1-540.
Stone, W. S. 1890. Pennsylvania and New Jersey spiders of the family Lycosidae. Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 1890: 420-434.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1837. Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères. Paris, 1: 1-682.
Walckenaer, C. A. 1805. Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions. Paris, 88 pp.
‡Nomenclature and taxonomic references from the World Spider Catalog
Natural History References
Dondale, C. D. & J. H. Redner. 1990. The insects and arachnids of Canada, Part 17. The wolf spiders, nurseryweb spiders, and lynx spiders of Canada and Alaska, Araneae: Lycosidae, Pisauridae, and Oxyopidae. Research Branch, Agriculture Canada, Publ. 1856: 1-383.
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