Arthropoda Selecta 29(3): 349–360 © ARTHROPODA SELECTA, 2020 On three species of Hogna Simon, 1885 (Aranei: Lycosidae) from the Near East and Central Asia Òðè âèäà Hogna Simon, 1885 (Aranei: Lycosidae) ñ Áëèæíåãî Âîñòîêà è èç Öåíòðàëüíîé Àçèè Dmitri V. Logunov Äìèòðèé Â. Ëîãóíîâ The Manchester Museum, The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, UK. E-mail:
[email protected] KEY WORDS: Afghanistan, Alopecosa, Araneae, Arctosa, Canary Islands, Hyaenosa, (re)description, spi- ders, the UAE. КЛЮЧЕВЫК СЛОВА: Афганистан, Alopecosa, Araneae, Arctosa, Канарские острова, Hyaenosa, (пере) описание, пауки, ОАЭ. ABSTRACT. The paper presents a diagnosis and ($) из Ирана; оба с H. effera. Дополнительно про- description of a new wolf spider Hogna ackermanni комментированы таксономия и распространение sp.n. (#$) from Afghanistan, and redescriptions of средиземноморского вида Hogna ferox (Lucas, 1838); two Near East Hogna species that to date have been также даны рисунки самки этого вида с Гран-Кана- known from the original descriptions only: viz., H. рии. sinaia Roewer, 1959 ($) from Egypt (Sinai) and H. effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1872) from Israel. Dis- Introduction tribution of all three species is mapped. The lectotype (#) is designated for H. effera. Two new combinations The genus Hogna Simon, 1885 is one of the most are proposed: Arctosa afghana (Roewer, 1960) comb.n. diverse and least studied genera of wolf spiders, cur- (ex Hogna), and Hogna effera (O. Pickard-Cambridge, rently accounting for 237 species names [WSC, 2020] 1872), comb.n. (ex Hyaenosa). Two new synonyms are of which the majority (170 species, 71%) remain known proposed: Tarentula iaffa Strand, 1913 syn.n.