Genus Hogna Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae), a new record to the spider fauna of Iraq

 


Genus Hogna Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae), a new record to the spider fauna of Iraq

Abstract 

The wolf spider genus Hogna Simon, 1885 is recorded in Iraq for the first time. Two females of Hogna radiata (Latreille, 1817) were collected from Dhi Qar province, southern Iraq. Hogna is the sixth genus of the family Lycosidae and Hogna radiata is the 61st species of Araneae recorded in Iraq until now.


Al-Khazali, Azhar. (2024). The Arachnological Bulletin of the Middle East and North Africa Volume 17 Part 2 May, 2020 Cairo, Egypt *********** Genus Hogna Simon, 1885 (Araneae: Lycosidae), a new record to the spider fauna of Iraq.