Storena
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Zodariidae
Genus: Storena
Walckenaer, 1805[1]
Type species
S. cyanea Walckenaer, 1805
Species

55, see text

Storena is a genus of ant spiders first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1805.[2]

Description

Members of this genus are medium to large spiders with exoskeletons that may be smooth or granulated in texture, lightly covered with hairs. The colour of the carapace ranges from reddish orange to dark chestnut-brown or black, usually darker around the eyes. The legs are orange to red, sometimes darkening towards the tarsi. The abdomen exhibits 2, 3, or 5 yellow or orange spots on the upper surface, with the unpaired spot (when present) positioned above the spinnerets and a brown pitted shield sitting between the spots. The eyes are circular and split across three rows, with two eyes in the bottom row, four in the middle, and two in the top row.[3]

Species

As of August 2020 it contains 55 species:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Storena Walckenaer, 1805". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1805). Tableau des aranéides ou caractères essentiels des tribus, genres, familles et races que renferme le genre Aranea de Linné, avec la désignation des espèces comprises dans chacune de ces divisions.
  3. ^ Jocqué, Rudy; Baehr, Barbara (1992). "A Revision of the Australian Spider Genus Storena (Araneae : Zodariidae)". Invertebrate Taxonomy. 6 (4). CSIRO Publishing: 953–1004. doi:10.1071/IT9920953.