Storosa

{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}

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| taxon = Storosa

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| authority = Jocqué, 1991

| type_species = S. obscura Jocqué, 1991

| subdivision_ranks = Species

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| S. obscura|Jocqué, 1991 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)

| S. tetrica|(Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)}}

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Storosa is a genus of Australian ant spiders first described by Rudy Jocqué in 1991.{{cite journal| last=Jocqué| first=R.| year=1991| title=A generic revision of the spider family Zodariidae (Araneae).| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| pages=1–160| volume=201}} {{as of|2019|04}} it contains only two species.{{cite web| title=Gen. Storosa Jocqué, 1991| website=World Spider Catalog| accessdate=2019-04-14| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/3878}} S. obscura is a fast running spider found on the ground between litter. It can grow up to {{convert|13|mm|in}} long and waves its front legs if threatened.{{cite web| publisher=Spiders of Australia| title=Burrow-making spiders, ant-hunting spiders: Family Zodariidae| accessdate=2019-04-14| url=https://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian/Zodariidae/Zodariidae.html}}