''Neostorena'' is a genus of spiders in the family
Zodariidae
Ant spiders are members of the family Zodariidae. They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and the Indian sub ...
. It was first described in 1914 by
William Joseph Rainbow
William Joseph Rainbow (1856–1919) was an entomologist and arachnologist whose work includes the first catalogue of Australian spiders.
Life
Rainbow was born in 1856 in Yorkshire, England. His father was a Warrant Officer in the Royal Marines, ...
.
[Rainbow, W. J. (1914)]
A new Victorian araneiad.
''Australian Zoologist'' 1(1): 21-23. , it contains 7 species from Australia.
Species
''Neostorena'' comprises the following species:
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N. grayi''
Jocqué, 1991 — Australia (New South Wales)
* ''
N. minor''
Jocqué, 1991 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
* ''
N. spirafera''
(L. Koch, 1872) — Australia (Queensland)
* ''
N. torosa''
(Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
* ''
N. venatoria''
Rainbow, 1914 (
type) — Australia (Victoria)
* ''
N. victoria''
Jocqué, 1991 — Australia (Victoria)
* ''
N. vituperata''
Jocqué, 1995 — Australia (Queensland)
References
Zodariidae
Araneomorphae genera
Spiders of Australia
Taxa named by William Joseph Rainbow
Spiders described in 1914
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