Hogna is a genus of wolf spiders with more than 200 described species. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.

Two species of Hogna, sometimes confused with each other, are among the largest found in the United States, Hogna carolinensis and Hogna helluo. Hogna carolinensis females may have a body length of from 22 mm (0.866141732283465 in) to 35 mm (1.4 in), and Hogna helluo from 18 mm (0.708661417322835 in) to 21 mm (0.826771653543307 in), with males somewhat smaller. They are fairly easy to distinguish from each other both in gross physical appearance and in their behaviors.

The carapace of H. carolinensis is characterized by an overall dark brown coloration, usually without any patterned variations. Its abdomen has a slightly darker stripe down its center, and its ventral side is black. This spider typically dwells in a vertical tube dug into the ground that may reach as deep as eight inches.

The carapace of the somewhat smaller H. helluo is characterized by a clearly defined medial stripe from a point between the middle pair of eyes nearly to the point at which the carapace joins the abdomen. The abdomen has a broader light stripe with a darker narrow and tapering form like the head of a lance or a stone arrow point. The underside of the cephalothorax is solid black, but the underside of the abdomen may be spotted with lighter colored patches. This species does not dig tunnels but may create shelters under rocks and similar natural features. H. helluo frequently enters houses with the arrival of lower temperatures in autumn. They are inside only in search of warmer temperatures and make every possible effort to stay away from people.

Species list

• Hogna adjacens Roewer, 1959 — Southern Africa
• Hogna agadira (Roewer, 1960) — Morocco
• Hogna albemarlensis (Banks, 1902) — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna alexandria (Roewer, 1960) — Egypt
• Hogna alticeps (Kroneberg, 1875) — Central Asia
• Hogna ammophila (Wallace, 1942) — USA
• Hogna andreinii Reimoser, 1937 — Ethiopia
• Hogna angusta (Tullgren, 1901) — USA
• Hogna annexa (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) — USA
• Hogna antelucana (Montgomery, 1904) — USA
• Hogna antiguiana Roewer, 1955 — Antigua
• Hogna archaeologica (Chamberlin, 1925) — Mexico
• Hogna aspersa (Hentz, 1844) — USA, Canada
• Hogna atramentata (Karsch, 1879) — Central, East Africa
• Hogna auricoma (Keyserling, 1891) — Brazil
• Hogna badia (Keyserling, 1877) — Cuba, Central America
• Hogna balearica (Thorell, 1873) — Balearic Islands
• Hogna baliana Roewer, 1959 — Cameroon
• Hogna baltimoriana (Keyserling, 1877) — USA, Canada
• Hogna bellatrix (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia
• Hogna beniana (Strand, 1913) — Central, East Africa
• Hogna bergsoei (Thorell, 1875) — Russia, Central Asia
• Hogna bhougavia Roewer, 1960 — Afghanistan
• Hogna bicoloripes (Roewer, 1960) — Cameroon
• Hogna bimaculata (Purcell, 1903) — South Africa
• Hogna birabenae (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
• Hogna biscoitoi Wunderlich, 1992 — Madeira
• Hogna bivittata (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Argentina
• Hogna bonifacioi Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Hogna bottegoi Caporiacco, 1940 — Ethiopia
• Hogna bowonglangi (Merian, 1911) — Sulawesi
• Hogna brevitarsis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico to Panama
• Hogna brunnea (Bösenberg, 1895) — Canary Islands
• Hogna bruta (Karsch, 1880) — Polynesia
• Hogna burti (Hickman, 1944) — South Australia
• Hogna canariana (Roewer, 1960) — Canary Islands
• Hogna carolinensis
  Hogna carolinensis
  Hogna carolinensis, also known as the Carolina wolf spider, is usually regarded as the largest of the wolf spiders found in North America. The body length of females is typically , and the body length of males is typically around . Members of this species are known to live in burrows that they...
  
  (Walckenaer, 1805) — USA, Mexico
• Hogna chickeringi (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) — Panama
• Hogna cinica (Tongiorgi, 1977) — St. Helena
• Hogna coloradensis (Banks, 1894) — USA, Mexico
• Hogna colosii (Caporiacco, 1947) — Guyana
• Hogna commota (Gertsch, 1934) — Colombia
• Hogna constricta (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902) — Guatemala
• Hogna cosquin (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
• Hogna crispipes L. Koch, 1877 — Australia, New Guinea, New Hebrides, Polynesia, New Zealand, Norfolk Islands
• Hogna dauana Roewer, 1959 — Ethiopia
• Hogna defucata Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna denisi Roewer, 1959 — South Africa
• Hogna deweti Roewer, 1959 — South Africa
• Hogna diyari Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006 — Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia
• Hogna duala Roewer, 1959 — Cameroon
• Hogna efformata Roewer, 1959 — Namibia
• Hogna electa Roewer, 1959 — Tanzania
• Hogna enecens Roewer, 1959 — Kenya
• Hogna ericeticola
  Hogna ericeticola
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  (Wallace, 1942) — USA
• Hogna espanola Baert & Maelfait, 2008 — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna estrix Roewer, 1959 — Namibia
• Hogna etoshana Roewer, 1959 — Namibia
• Hogna exsiccatella (Strand, 1916) — Guatemala
• Hogna felina (L. Koch, 1878) — Azerbaijan
• Hogna ferocella (Strand, 1916) — Canary Islands
• Hogna ferox (Lucas, 1838) — Canary Islands, Mediterranean
• Hogna filicum (Karsch, 1880) — Polynesia
• Hogna flava Roewer, 1959 — Namibia
• Hogna forsteri Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
• Hogna fraissei (L. Koch, 1882) — Mallorca
• Hogna frondicola (Emerton, 1885) — USA, Canada
• Hogna furva (Thorell, 1899) — Cameroon, Sierra Leone, Bioko
  • Hogna furva cingulipes (Simon, 1910) — Annobón Islands
• Hogna furvescens (Simon, 1910) — Botswana
• Hogna gabonensis Roewer, 1959 — Gabon
• Hogna galapagoensis (Banks, 1902) — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna graeca (Roewer, 1951) — Greece
• Hogna grandis (Banks, 1894) — USA
• Hogna gratiosa Roewer, 1959 — Zanzibar
• Hogna gumia (Petrunkevitch, 1911) — Bolivia
• Hogna guttatula (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico
• Hogna hawaiiensis (Simon, 1899) — Hawaii
• Hogna heeri (Thorell, 1875) — Madeira
• Hogna helluo (Walckenaer, 1837) — USA, Canada
• Hogna hendrickxi Baert & Maelfait, 2008 — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna hereroana (Roewer, 1960) — Namibia
• Hogna hibernalis (Strand, 1906) — Ethiopia
• Hogna hickmani Caporiacco, 1955 — Venezuela
• Hogna himalayensis (Gravely, 1924) — India, Bhutan, China
• Hogna hippasimorpha (Strand, 1913) — Central Africa
• Hogna hispanica (Walckenaer, 1837) — Spain
  • Hogna hispanica dufouri (Strand, 1916) — Spain
• Hogna idonea Roewer, 1959 — South Africa
• Hogna immansueta (Simon, 1909) — Western Australia
• Hogna indefinida (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
• Hogna inexorabilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — St. Helena
• Hogna infulata Roewer, 1959 — South Africa
• Hogna ingens (Blackwall, 1857) — Madeira
• Hogna inhambania Roewer, 1955 — Mozambique
• Hogna inominata (Simon, 1886) — Thailand
• Hogna inops (Thorell, 1890) — Sumatra, Borneo, Sulawesi
• Hogna insulana (L. Koch, 1882) — Mallorca
• Hogna insularum (Kulczynski, 1899) — Madeira
• Hogna interrita Roewer, 1959 — Zimbabwe
• Hogna irascibilis (O. P.-Cambridge, 1885) — Turkmenistan
• Hogna irumua (Strand, 1913) — Central Africa
• Hogna jacquesbreli Baert & Maelfait, 2008 — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna jiafui Peng et al., 1997 — China
• Hogna juanensis (Strand, 1907) — Mozambique
• Hogna junco Baert & Maelfait, 2008 — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna kabwea Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna kankunda Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna karschi (Roewer, 1951) — São Tomé
• Hogna kuyani Framenau, Gotch & Austin, 2006 — Australia
• Hogna labrea (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1942) — USA
• Hogna lacertosa (L. Koch, 1877) — South Australia
• Hogna lambarenensis (Simon, 1910) — Congo
• Hogna landanae (Simon, 1877) — West Africa, Angola
• Hogna landanella Roewer, 1959 — Angola
• Hogna lawrencei (Roewer, 1960) — South Africa
• Hogna lenta (Hentz, 1844) — USA
• Hogna leprieuri (Simon, 1876) — Algeria
• Hogna leucocephala (L. Koch, 1879) — Russia
• Hogna levis (Karsch, 1879) — West, Central Africa
• Hogna liberiaca Roewer, 1959 — Liberia
• Hogna ligata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1869) — St. Helena
• Hogna likelikeae (Simon, 1900) — Hawaii
• Hogna litigiosa Roewer, 1959 — Angola
• Hogna longitarsis (F. O. P.-Cambridge, 1902) — Mexico, Costa Rica, Panama
• Hogna luederitzi (Simon, 1910) — Namibia, South Africa
• Hogna lufirana (Roewer, 1960) — Congo
• Hogna lupina (Karsch, 1879) — Sri Lanka
• Hogna maasi (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) — Mexico
• Hogna mabwensis Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna maderiana (Walckenaer, 1837) — Madeira
• Hogna magnosepta (Guy, 1966) — Morocco
• Hogna maheana Roewer, 1959 — Seychelles
• Hogna manicola (Strand, 1906) — Ethiopia
• Hogna maroccana (Roewer, 1960) — Morocco
• Hogna maruana (Roewer, 1960) — Cameroon
• Hogna massaiensis (Roewer, 1960) — Tanzania
• Hogna massauana Roewer, 1959 — Ethiopia
• Hogna maurusia (Simon, 1909) — Morocco
• Hogna medellina (Strand, 1914) — Colombia
• Hogna medica (Pocock, 1889) — Iran
• Hogna miami (Wallace, 1942) — USA
• Hogna migdilybs (Simon, 1886) — Senegal
• Hogna morosina (Banks, 1909) — Costa Rica
• Hogna munoiensis Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna nairobia (Roewer, 1960) — Kenya
• Hogna nefasta Tongiorgi, 1977 — St. Helena
• Hogna nervosa (Keyserling, 1891) — Brazil
• Hogna nigerrima (Roewer, 1960) — Tanzania
• Hogna nigrichelis (Roewer, 1955) — Iran
• Hogna nigrosecta (Mello-Leitão, 1940) — Argentina
• Hogna nimia Roewer, 1959 — Tanzania
• Hogna nonannulata Wunderlich, 1995 — Madeira
• Hogna nychthemera (Bertkau, 1880) — Brazil
• Hogna oaxacana (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) — Mexico
• Hogna ocellata (L. Koch, 1878) — Azerbaijan
• Hogna ocyalina (Simon, 1910) — Namibia
• Hogna optabilis Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna ornata (Perty, 1833) — Brazil
• Hogna osceola (Gertsch & Wallace, 1937) — USA
• Hogna otaviensis (Roewer, 1960) — Namibia
• Hogna pardalina (Bertkau, 1880) — Brazil
• Hogna parvagenitalia (Guy, 1966) — Canary Islands
• Hogna patens Roewer, 1959 — Zimbabwe
• Hogna patricki (Purcell, 1903) — Southern Africa
• Hogna pauciguttata Roewer, 1959 — Mozambique
• Hogna persimilis (Banks, 1898) — Mexico
• Hogna perspicua Roewer, 1959 — Ethiopia
• Hogna petersi (Karsch, 1878) — Mozambique
• Hogna petiti (Simon, 1876) — Congo
• Hogna placata Roewer, 1959 — Lesotho
• Hogna planithoracis (Mello-Leitão, 1938) — Argentina
• Hogna posticata (Banks, 1904) — USA
• Hogna principum (Simon, 1910) — Principe
• Hogna propria Roewer, 1959 — Tanzania
• Hogna proterva Roewer, 1959 — Congo
• Hogna pseudoceratiola (Wallace, 1942) — USA
• Hogna pseudoradiata (Guy, 1966) — possibly Morocco
• Hogna pulchella (Keyserling, 1877) — Colombia
• Hogna pulla (Bösenberg & Lenz, 1895) — East Africa
• Hogna pulloides (Strand, 1908) — Ethiopia
• Hogna radiata
  Hogna radiata
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  (Latreille, 1817) — Central Europe to Central Asia, Central Africa
  • Hogna radiata clara (Franganillo, 1913) — Spain
  • Hogna radiata minor (Simon, 1876) — Mediterranean
• Hogna raffrayi (Simon, 1876) — East Africa, Zanzibar
• Hogna reducta (Bryant, 1942) — Virgin Islands
• Hogna reimoseri Roewer, 1959 — Ethiopia
• Hogna rizali Barrion & Litsinger, 1995 — Philippines
• Hogna rubetra (Schenkel, 1963) — China
• Hogna rubromandibulata (O. P.-Cambridge, 1885) — Yarkand, Karakorum
• Hogna ruricolaris (Simon, 1910) — Botswana
• Hogna sanctithomasi (Petrunkevitch, 1926) — St. Thomas
• Hogna sanctivincentii (Simon, 1897) — Virgin Islands, St. Vincent
• Hogna sanisabel (Strand, 1909) — Uruguay
• Hogna sansibarensis (Strand, 1907) — Zanzibar
• Hogna schmitzi Wunderlich, 1992 — Madeira
• Hogna schreineri (Purcell, 1903) — Namibia, South Africa
• Hogna schultzei (Simon, 1910) — Namibia
• Hogna senilis (L. Koch, 1877) — New South Wales
• Hogna simoni Roewer, 1959 — Cameroon, Congo, Angola
• Hogna sinaia Roewer, 1959 — Egypt
• Hogna snodgrassi Banks, 1902 — Galapagos Islands
• Hogna spenceri (Pocock, 1898) — Rwanda, South Africa
• Hogna sternalis (Bertkau, 1880) — Brazil
• Hogna stictopyga (Thorell, 1895) — India, Myanmar, Singapore
• Hogna straeleni Roewer, 1959 — Congo, Rwanda, Tanzania
• Hogna subaustralis (Strand, 1908) — Peru
• Hogna subligata (L. Koch, 1877) — Queensland
• Hogna subrufa (Karsch, 1878) — Tasmania
• Hogna subtilis (Bryant, 1942) — Virgin Islands
• Hogna suprenans (Chamberlin, 1924) — USA
• Hogna swakopmundensis (Strand, 1916) — Namibia
• Hogna tantilla (Bryant, 1948) — Hispaniola
• Hogna ternetzi (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Paraguay
• Hogna teteana Roewer, 1959 — Mozambique
• Hogna thetis (Simon, 1910) — Principe
• Hogna tigana (Gertsch & Wallace, 1935) — USA
• Hogna timuqua (Wallace, 1942) — USA
• Hogna tivior (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1936) — Panama
• Hogna tlaxcalana (Gertsch & Davis, 1940) — Mexico
• Hogna transvaalica (Simon, 1898) — South Africa
• Hogna travassosi (Mello-Leitão, 1939) — Brazil
• Hogna truculenta (O. P.-Cambridge, 1876) — Egypt
• Hogna trunca Yin, Bao & Zhang, 1996 — China
• Hogna unicolor Roewer, 1959 — Mozambique
• Hogna vachoni Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
• Hogna variolosa (Mello-Leitão, 1941) — Argentina
• Hogna ventrilineata Caporiacco, 1954 — French Guiana
• Hogna volxemi (Bertkau, 1880) — Brazil
• Hogna vulpina (C. L. Koch, 1847) — Brazil
• Hogna wallacei (Chamberlin & Ivie, 1944) — USA
• Hogna watsoni (Gertsch, 1934) — USA
• Hogna willeyi (Pocock, 1899) — Bismarck Archipel
• Hogna yauliensis (Strand, 1908) — Peru
• Hogna zorodes (Mello-Leitão, 1942) — Argentina
• Hogna zuluana Roewer, 1959 — South Africa