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Genus Hogna

Hogna carolinensis - male Hogna carolinensis - female lycosid - Hogna Hognacious - Hogna - female The stuff of nightmares - Hogna aspersa Wolf, burrower - Hogna - female Spider on the Wall - Hogna Wolf Spider - Hogna carolinensis? - Hogna carolinensis
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
Numbers
24 species in the US & Canada.
Identification
~ Hogna coloradensis - PDF from The Journal of Arachnology - An 8 page paper with drawings, descriptions, and range. "Hogna coloradensis can be separated from all other Hogna and Lycosidae by a dark area immediately anterior to the epigastric furrow as well as a small dark area just anterior to the spinnerets, the rest of the venter is light with spots."
Remarks
Hogna (Simon, 1885) species and ranges from kaston.transy.edu

Hogna ammophila (Wallace, 1942)FL

Hogna angusta (Tullgren, 1901)FL

Hogna annexa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944)AR, FL, GA, MS, NC, TX

Hogna antelucana (Montgomery, 1904)AR, AZ, CA, FL, KY, MS, NM, SC, TX, UT

Hogna aspersa (Hentz, 1844)AL, AR, CT, DE, GA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, VT, WI, WY; ON

Hogna baltimoriana (Keyserling, 1877)AR, CT, IA, IL, LA, MA, MD, MI, MN, MS, MT, NC, NJ, OH, PA, RI, SD, WI; ON

Hogna benedicta (Chamberlin, 1925)AL, AZ, IL, TX, VA

Hogna carolinensis (Walckenaer, 1805)AL, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WI, WY; ON

Hogna coloradensis (Banks, 1894)AZ, CO, KS, NE, NM, WA

Hogna ericeticola (Wallace, 1942)FL

Hogna frondicola (Emerton, 1885)AR, AZ, CO, CT, IA, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MS, MT, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY; AB, BC, MB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PQ, SK, YT

Hogna helluo (Walckenaer, 1837)AL, AR, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NC, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NY, OH, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VT, WI; ON, PQ

Hogna labrea (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942)CA

Hogna lenta (Hentz, 1844)AL, AR, FL, GA, LA, MS, NC, OH, SC, TN, TX

Hogna miami (Wallace, 1942)FL

Hogna osceola (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937)FL

Hogna permunda (Chamberlin, 1904)CO, IL, KS, MO, NE, PA

Hogna posticata (Banks, 1904)FL

Hogna pseudoceraticola (Wallace, 1942)FL

Hogna suprenans (Chamberlin, 1924)LA

Hogna tigana (Gertsch and Wallace, 1935)TX

Hogna timuqua (Wallace, 1942)AL, FL, GA, MS, NC, SC, VA

Hogna wallacei (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944)FL, GA

Hogna watsoni (Gertsch, 1934)FL, GA