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[update] it contains 55 species:[1]
^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.
^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.
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[update] it contains 55 species:[1]
^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.
^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.