Published August 26, 2024 | Version v1
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Hogna ferox

  • 1. Laboratoire de Valorisation et Conservation des Ecosystèmes Arides (LVCEA). Faculty of Natural, Life and Earth Sciences, University of Ghardaïa, BP 455, 47000 Ghardaïa, Algeria
  • 2. Terrestrial Ecology Unit, Ledeganckstraat 35, B- 9000 Gent, Belgium

Description

Hogna ferox (Lucas, 1838)

Lycorma ferox; Simon 1899: 84.

Material examined: BERRIANE: Balouh, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 12.II.2021; 2 ♂, 6.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♀, 26.II.2021; 1 ♀, 5.III.2021; 2 ♀, 24.IV.2021. Sidi Mbarek, hand collecting, 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 6.IV.2021, pitfall traps, 1 ♂, 18.II.2021; 1 ♀, 4.III.2021; 1 ♂, 11.III.2021; 1 ♂, 18.III.2021; 1 ♀, 2.IV.2021; 1 ♀, 9.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 16.IV.2021; 2 ♀, 23.IV.2021; 1 ♂, 1 ♀, 29.IV.2021. DHAYET BENDHAHOUA: Grazil, hand collecting, 2 ♀, 25.III.2022; Oumdjer, hand collecting, 1 ♀, 25.III.2022. EL GUERRARA: hand collecting, 1 ♂, 15.II.2020; 1 ♂, 3.III.2020.

Previous records in Algeria: Known only form Laghouat (Simon 1899).

Distribution: Canary Islands, Madeira, Spain, Malta, North Africa (World Spider Catalog 2024).

Notes

Published as part of Alioua, Youcef & Bosmans, Robert, 2024, Spiders of arid lands: The Ghardaïa region (Northern Sahara) with seven new records for Algeria, pp. 301-336 in Zootaxa 5497 (3) on page 315, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5497.3.1, http://zenodo.org/record/13618579

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Lucas
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Araneae
Family
Lycosidae
Genus
Hogna
Species
ferox
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Hogna ferox (Lucas, 1838) sec. Alioua & Bosmans, 2024

References

  • Simon, E. (1899) Liste des arachnides recueillis en Algerie par M. P. Lesne et descrition d'une espece nouvelle. Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle Paris, 5, 82 - 87.
  • World Spider Catalog (2024) World Spider Catalog. Version 25.0. Natural History Museum Bern, Bern. Available from: https: // wsc. nmbe. ch / (accessed 1 June 2024) https: // doi. org / 10.24436 / 2