Storosa obscura Jocqué, 1991 Dark Storosa

Female in leaf litter
Female from behind
Female side on facing
Female from above
Female from behind
Female, 10 mm body length from above behind
Female, 10 mm body length, from above
Female, 10 mm body length, facing
Female, 10 mm body length, from behind
Female, 10 mm body length, from side on ruler
Female, 10 mm body length, epigyne

Female in leaf litter

Storosa obscura is a medium sized spider, the female up to 13 mm in body length, the male a little smaller. It lives in in moist leaf litter and under rocks and logs in eastern Australia, possibly elsewhere. The important visible features of this spider are the smoothly arched carapace and the glossy black or dark brown body surfaces. It is black and waves its front legs when threatened, somewhat arching up, which is possibly why it was mistaken for a funnelweb when it was recorded biting a man on Fraser Island (R. Raven pers. comm.). The species name means dark or obscure.