''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 *''Storena lesserti, S. lesserti'' Berland, 1938 — Vanuatu *''Storena longiducta, S. longiducta'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena maculata, S. maculata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena mainae, S. mainae'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1995 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria) *''Storena martini, S. martini'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Northern Territory) *''Storena mathematica, S. mathematica'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Northern Territory) *''Storena metallica, S. metallica'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena nana, S. nana'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Victoria) *''Storena nuga, S. nuga'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena ornata, S. ornata'' (Bradley, 1877) — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena parvicavum, S. parvicavum'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena parvula, S. parvula'' Berland, 1938 — Vanuatu *''Storena paucipunctata, S. paucipunctata'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia) *''Storena procedens, S. procedens'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena rainbowi, S. rainbowi'' Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia *''Storena rastellata, S. rastellata'' Strand, 1913 — Central Australia *''Storena raveni, S. raveni'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena recta, S. recta'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia, Queensland, New South Wales) *''Storena recurvata, S. recurvata'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria) *''Storena rotunda, S. rotunda'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (New South Wales) *''Storena rufescens, S. rufescens'' Thorell, 1881 — New Guinea, Australia (Queensland) *''Storena rugosa, S. rugosa'' Simon, 1889 — New Caledonia *''Storena scita, S. scita'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Queensland) *''Storena silvicola, S. silvicola'' Berland, 1924 — New Caledonia *''Storena sinuosa, S. sinuosa'' Jocqué & Baehr, 1992 — Australia (Western Australia) *''Storena tenera, S. tenera'' (Thorell, 1895) — Myanmar *''Storena tricolor, S. tricolor'' Simon, 1908 — Australia (Western Australia) *''Storena variegata, S. variegata'' O. Pickard-Cambridge, 1869 — Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''Storena zavattarii, S. zavattarii'' Caporiacco, 1941 — Ethiopia

References

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