Zodariidae Workmania

Workmania juvenca (Workman, 1896)

Singapore Workman’s Spider

The spider was first described by Thomas Workman under the name Storena juvenca, based on a pair he collected in Singapore in the 19th century. The species was subsequently transferred to a new genus named in his honour.

Both Workman’s original description and the subsequent re-description of the species show that there are pale paired transverse bars on the female dorsum. This helps to distinguish the females of this species from those of W. botuliformis specimens collected in Singapore (all without pattern). The legs IV of the female W. juvenca bear more spines than the female W. botuliformis, although they are not as spiny as the legs IV of Mallinella.