Common Storena Storena formosa Thorell, 1870
Fauna Portal species: 9859
Storena formosa female, dorsal (HBI N36135-1; Hovea, Western Australia)
Image: V.W. Framenau (2025)
Fauna Portal Image No. 11210Diagnosis
(after Jocqué & Baehr 1992): The male of this species is recognised by the very large S-shaped embolus ending in a foliate tip; the female is characterised by the shape of the median plate with the triangular posterior part.
Status
- native
Linnean Type
Female holotype, Nova Hollandia (= Australia), Leuckart (NHRS) (Jocqué & Baehr 1992)
Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Publications
(1992): A revision of the Australian spider genus Storena (Araneae : Zodariidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 6: 953 - 1004DOI