''Hoggicosa'' is a genus of
wolf spiders
Wolf spiders are members of the family Lycosidae (). They are robust and agile hunters with excellent eyesight. They live mostly in solitude, hunt alone, and do not spin webs. Some are opportunistic hunters, pouncing upon prey as they find it or ...
first described by
Carl Friedrich Roewer in 1960.
The name is a reference to arachnologist
Henry Roughton Hogg
Henry Roughton Hogg (9 February 1846 – 30 November 1923) was a British amateur arachnologist.
Biography
Born in Stockwell, Surrey, he attended Uppingham School from 1859-1862, and later studied at Christ's College, Cambridge, where he obtained ...
.
Species
, it contains ten species, all from Australia:
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Hoggicosa alfi''
Langlands & Framenau, 2010
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Hoggicosa bicolor''
(Hogg, 1906)
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Hoggicosa brennani''
Langlands & Framenau, 2010
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Hoggicosa castanea''
(Hogg, 1906)
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Hoggicosa duracki''
(McKay, 1975)
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Hoggicosa forresti''
(McKay, 1973)
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Hoggicosa natashae''
Langlands & Framenau, 2010
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Hoggicosa snelli''
(McKay, 1975)
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Hoggicosa storri''
(McKay, 1973)
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Hoggicosa wolodymyri''
Langlands & Framenau, 2010
References
Lycosidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by Carl Friedrich Roewer
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