[Taxacom] Origin of the name "Hogna", a genus of wolf spiders

[Steve Manning]

Well, since no one has yet come up with a definitive answer, I will 
venture forth that if Hoegna is close enough to be possible, perhaps 
Hejna would be also (similar pronunciation probably), in case anyone 
of that name but a different linguistic group was close enough to Simon.

Of course, as a resident of Arkansas, I will state another 
possibility:  maybe it has something to do with pigs.

Steve

At 09:27 PM 11/15/2009, Kenneth Kinman wrote:
>Hi Robin,
>       I couldn't find anything which suggests that this name is
>descriptive.  Therefore, it is perhaps mostly likely named after a
>person.  The name Hoegna (Hogna with an umlaut) is both a personal name
>and a family name.  Perhaps Simon wanted to honor a person or family
>that he knew with that first or last name?  That would be my best guess.
>         --------Ken
>------------------------------------------------
>Robin Leech wrote:
>Hi,
>Does anyone know the origin of the genus name
>"Hogna"?  It is a genus in the family Lycosidae,
>the wolf spiders.
>
>
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