Ant-hunter spider at Ainslie, ACT
Identification history
| Storena cyanea | 17 Jul 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Storena sp. (genus) (Ant Spider) | 9 May 2020 | YumiCallaway | ||
| Lampona sp. (genus) | 9 May 2020 | jb2602 |
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YumiCallaway
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9 May 2020
References:
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2665
Whyte & Anderson (2017) p.379 top image (as noted in the link above, S.colossea has been revised to be S.cyanea)
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:65a3f0dc-fb9c-4d2e-8997-57b418804eab#overview
The body structure of this individual indicates Zodariidae sp. (family). It can get confusing with Lampona sp due to the patterning of the abdomen. The easiest method of differentiating them will probably be when you find a male; if the pedipalps are enlarged (like this one is), it indicates Zodariidae as the pedipalps of Lampona sp are quite thin and long in comparison.
I suggest Storena sp (probably S.cyanea) as the abdomen and leg patterning is fairly unique within the family. A large majority of Zodariidae have white colouring somewhere on the leg segment (eg. femur/trochanter in Habronestes sp, throughout the legs in Subasteron sp), or red colouring that extends to the end of the leg(s) (eg. Euasteron sp, Habronestes sp & Pentasteron sp).
In comparison, Storena sp doesn't have white colouring on the legs, instead having only red and black colouring; the red does not continue to the extremities of the legs which are black/dark.
Then the pattern of pale white on the abdomen aligns well with images of male S. cyanea from QLD on arachne.org.
Once admin is back up, I will add Storena sp or S.cyanea.
http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2665
Whyte & Anderson (2017) p.379 top image (as noted in the link above, S.colossea has been revised to be S.cyanea)
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:65a3f0dc-fb9c-4d2e-8997-57b418804eab#overview
The body structure of this individual indicates Zodariidae sp. (family). It can get confusing with Lampona sp due to the patterning of the abdomen. The easiest method of differentiating them will probably be when you find a male; if the pedipalps are enlarged (like this one is), it indicates Zodariidae as the pedipalps of Lampona sp are quite thin and long in comparison.
I suggest Storena sp (probably S.cyanea) as the abdomen and leg patterning is fairly unique within the family. A large majority of Zodariidae have white colouring somewhere on the leg segment (eg. femur/trochanter in Habronestes sp, throughout the legs in Subasteron sp), or red colouring that extends to the end of the leg(s) (eg. Euasteron sp, Habronestes sp & Pentasteron sp).
In comparison, Storena sp doesn't have white colouring on the legs, instead having only red and black colouring; the red does not continue to the extremities of the legs which are black/dark.
Then the pattern of pale white on the abdomen aligns well with images of male S. cyanea from QLD on arachne.org.
Once admin is back up, I will add Storena sp or S.cyanea.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.152005-35.259169
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 24 Nov 2019 07:43 PM Recorded on
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Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Storena cyanea Scientific name
- Ant-hunter spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 942m Recorded at altitude
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