''Storena'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of ant spiders first described by

Charles Athanase Walckenaer Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852) was a French civil servant, writer, man of letters, and scientist. He was a polymath and wrote extensively on geography, natural history, and literature. Major contributio ...

in 1805.

Description

Members of this genus are medium to large spiders with

exoskeletons An exoskeleton () . is a skeleton that is on the exterior of an animal in the form of hardened integument, which both supports the body's shape and protects the internal organs, in contrast to an internal endoskeleton (e.g. that of a human) wh ...

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 A spinneret is a silk-spinning organ of a spider or the larva of an insect. Some adult insects also have spinnerets, such as those borne on the forelegs of Embioptera. Spinnerets are usually on the underside of a spider's opisthosoma, and ar ...

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.

Species

it contains 55 species: *'' S. analis'' Simon, 1893 — Ecuador *'' S. annulipes'' (L. Koch, 1867) — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. aspinosa'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (South Australia) *'' S. botenella'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (South Australia) *'' S. braccata'' (L. Koch, 1865) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' S. canalensis'' Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia *'' S. caporiaccoi'' Brignoli, 1983 — Venezuela *'' S. charlotte'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland, Victoria) *'' S. cochleare'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales) *'' S. colossea'' Rainbow, 1920 — Australia (Lord Howe Is.) *'' S. cyanea'' Walckenaer, 1805 — Eastern Australia *'' S. daviesae'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. deserticola'' Jocqué, 1991 — Australia (Northern Territory) *'' S. digitulus'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. eximia'' Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. flavipes'' (Urquhart, 1893) — Australia (Tasmania) *'' S. flavopicta'' (Simon, 1876) — Indonesia (Moluccas) *'' S. flexuosa'' (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar *'' S. formosa'' Thorell, 1870 — Australia (mainland, Lord Howe Is.) *'' S. fungina'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. graeffei'' (L. Koch, 1866) — Australia (New South Wales) *'' S. harveyi'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1995 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. ignava'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Northern Territory) *'' S. inornata'' Rainbow, 1916 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. kraepelini'' Simon, 1905 — Indonesia (Java) *'' S. lebruni'' Simon, 1886 — Argentina *'' S. lesserti'' Berland, 1938 — Vanuatu *'' S. longiducta'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. maculata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. mainae'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1995 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *'' S. martini'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Northern Territory) *'' S. mathematica'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Northern Territory) *'' S. metallica'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. nana'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Victoria) *'' S. nuga'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. ornata'' (Bradley, 1877) — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. parvicavum'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. parvula'' Berland, 1938 — Vanuatu *'' S. paucipunctata'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. procedens'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. rainbowi'' Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia *'' S. rastellata'' Strand, 1913 — Central Australia *'' S. raveni'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. recta'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) *'' S. recurvata'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) *'' S. rotunda'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales) *'' S. rufescens'' Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) *'' S. rugosa'' Simon, 1889 — New Caledonia *'' S. scita'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *'' S. silvicola'' Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia *'' S. sinuosa'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. tenera'' (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar *'' S. tricolor'' Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia) *'' S. variegata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *'' S. zavattarii'' Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia

References

Araneomorphae genera Zodariidae Taxa named by Charles Athanase Walckenaer Taxa described in 1805 {{Zodariidae-stub