HOGNA SPECIES - Hogna antelucana

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HOGNA SPECIES - Hogna antelucana

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
July 22, 2012
Size: Approx. 2 inches LEGSPAN

I captured 3 sub-adult wolf spiders inside my apartment. All 3 spiders are the same species since they basically look the same. At first I thought they were Hogna carolinensis, but the coloration and the markings aren't quite right (Although H. carolinensis DOES occur here!). For one thing, this giant species usually has orangish chelicerae and my spiders don't. The markings on their cephalothoraxes don't look quite right to be H. carolinensis neither. All I know is my wolf spiders are in the genus Hogna. I'm not sure of the species though. I really need a positive ID. Can you wonderful folks please let me know which species I have? Thanks a million! :) I will post images of all 3 specimens in one set since they are the same species anyway (Plus, after shooting the pics, I don't know which pic belongs to which spider since they all look the same!). Anyway, I just want this species identified.

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Contributed by Terry Prouty on 22 July, 2012 - 12:59am
Last updated 22 July, 2012 - 6:32pm

Moved

Moved from Hogna.

… Lynette Elliott, 22 July, 2012 - 6:32pm

Hogna like antelucana/baltimoriana

One word of caution, there is another option especially in Texas and Oklahoma (See node with similar name). Although juveniles and adults are readily separable from antelucana, adult males present a challenge and it looks like all three of yours may be. I'm getting mixed messages as far as species on these. It sometimes comes down to whether the distal ventral end of femur IV is blackened or not. In Texas what it refer to as H. 'incognita' co-mingles with antelucana on the blackland prairie where baltimoriana is largely absent. Elsewhere including Oklahoma it co-mingles with baltimoriana.

… Eric Neubauer, 2 December, 2023 - 7:23am

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