page_title: Hogna
section_title: Species
hierarchical_section_title: Hogna / Species
caption_attribution_description: English: Female wolf spider of the species Hogna lenta. Body length 16 mm. Skitterish photo subject. She was easily startled and made threat displays. She was located at 36° N 80° W.
context_page_description: Hogna is a genus of wolf spiders with more than 200 described species. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.
context_section_description: Hogna carolinensis is among the largest spiders found in the United States; females may have a body length of from 22 mm (0.87 in) to 35 mm (1.4 in). The carapace of H. carolinensis is characterized by an overall dark brown coloration, usually without any patterned variations. Its abdomen has a slightly darker stripe down its center, and its ventral side is black. This spider typically dwells in a vertical tube dug into the ground that may reach as deep as eight inches.
  Until 2012, Tigrosa helluo was included in Hogna as Hogna helluo.
  As of April 2016, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following species:
  Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959 – Southern Africa
  Hogna afghana (Roewer, 1960) – Afghanistan
  Hogna agadira (Roewer, 1960) – Morocco
  Hogna albemarlensis (Banks, 1902) – Galapagos Islands
  Hogna alexandria (Roewer, 1960) – Egypt
  Hogna alticeps (Kroneberg, 1875) – Central Asia
  Hogna ammophila (Wallace, 1942) – USA
  Hogna andreinii Reimoser, 1937 – Ethiopia
  Hogna angusta (Tullgren, 1901) – USA
  Hogna antelucana (Montgomery, 1904) – USA
  Hogna antiguiana Roewer, 1955 – Antigua
  Hogna archaeologica (Chamberlin, 1925) – Mexico
  Hogna argentinensis (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
  Hogna atramentata (Karsch, 1879) – Central, East Africa
  Hogna auricoma (Keyserling, 1891) – Brazil
  Hogna badia (Keyserling, 1877) – Cuba, Central America
  Hogna balearica (Thorell, 1873) – Balearic Islands
  Hogna baliana Roewer, 1959 – Cameroon
  Hogna baltimoriana (Keyserling, 1877) – USA, Canada
  Hogna bellatrix (L. Koch, 1865) – Australia
  Hogna beniana (Strand, 1913) – Central, East Africa
  Hogna bergsoei (Thorell, 1875) – Russia, Central Asia
  Hogna bhougavia Roewer, 1960 – Afghanistan
  Hogna bicoloripes (Roewer, 1960) – Cameroon
  Hogna bimaculata (Purcell, 1903) – South Africa
  Hogna biscoitoi Wunderlich, 1992 – Madeira
  Hogna bivittata (Mello-Leitão, 1939) – Argentina
  Hogna bonifacioi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 – Philippines
  Hogna bottegoi Caporiacco, 1940 – Ethiopia
  Hogna bowonglangi (Merian, 1911) – Sulawesi
  Hogna brevitarsis (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Mexico to Panama
  Hogna brunnea (Bösenberg, 1895) – Canary Islands
  Hogna bruta (Karsch, 1880) – Polynesia
  Hogna burti (Hickman, 1944) – South Australia
  Hogna canariana (Roewer, 1960) – Canary Islands
  Hogna carolinensis (Walckenaer, 1805) – USA, Mexico
  Hogna chickeringi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) – Panama
  Hogna cinica (Tongiorgi, 1977) – St. Helena
  Hogna coloradensis (Banks, 1894) – USA, Mexico
  Hogna colosii (Caporiacco, 1947) – Guyana
  Hogna commota (Gertsch, 1934) – Colombia
  Hogna conspersa (L. Koch, 1882) – Balearic Islands
  Hogna constricta (F. O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1902) – Guatemala
  Hogna cosquin (Mello-Leitão, 1941) – Argentina
  Hogna crispipes (L. Koch, 1877) – Australia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Polynesia, New Zealand, Norfolk Island
  Hogna dauana Roewer, 1959 – Ethiopia
  Hogna defucata Roewer, 1959 – Congo
  Hogna denisi Roewer, 1959 – South Africa
  Hogna deweti Roewer, 1959 – South Africa
  Hogna diyari Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006 – Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia
  Hogna duala Roewer, 1959 – Cameroon
  Hogna efformata Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
  Hogna electa Roewer, 1959 – Tanzania
  Hogna enecens Roewer, 1959 – Kenya
  Hogna ericeticola (Wallace, 1942) – USA
  Hogna espanola Baert & Maelfait, 2008 – Galapagos Islands
  Hogna estrix Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
  Hogna etoshana Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
  Hogna exigua (Roewer, 1960) – Namibia
  Hogna exsiccatella (Strand, 1916) – Guatemala
  Hogna felina (L. Koch, 1878) – Azerbaijan
  Hogna ferocella (Strand, 1916) – Canary Islands
  Hogna ferox (Lucas, 1838) – Canary Islands, Mediterranean
  Hogna filicum (Karsch, 1880) – Polynesia
  Hogna flava Roewer, 1959 – Namibia
  Hogna forsteri Caporiacco, 1955 – Venezuela
  Hogna fraissei (L. Koch, 1882) – Mallorca
  Hogna frondicola (Emerton, 1885) – USA, Canada
  Hogna furva (Thorell, 1899) – Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Bioko
  Hogna furvescens (Simon, 1910) – Botswana
  Hogna gabonensis Roewer, 1959 – Gabon
  Hogna galapagoensis (Banks, 1902) – Galapagos Islands
  Hogna graeca (Roewer, 1951) – Greece
  Hogna gratiosa Roewer, 1959 – Zanzibar
  Hogna grazianii (Ca
caption: Hogna lenta (16 millimeters). Skittish, easily startled and made threat displays. From 36° N 80° W.
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