Species Hogna lenta

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Works Cited

family Lycosidae.... - Hogna lenta - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Class Arachnida (Arachnids)

Order Araneae (Spiders)

Infraorder Araneomorphae (True Spiders)

No Taxon (Entelegynes)

Family Lycosidae (Wolf Spiders)

Genus Hogna

No Taxon (lenta group)

Species lenta (Hogna lenta)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Lycosa lenta

Explanation of Names

Author of the name: Walckenaer.

Size

Male: 13 to 21 mm.

Female: 17 to 22 mm.

Identification

Range

Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to Ohio and Texas. (1)

Works Cited

1.	How to Know the Spiders By B. J. Kaston

Contributed by Jeff Hollenbeck on 23 May, 2007 - 8:52pm
Additional contributions by Lynette
Last updated 12 September, 2009 - 9:37am

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