Arkys
| Arkys | |
|---|---|
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| Arkys lancearius | |
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| A. cornutus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Araneomorphae |
| Family: | Arkyidae |
| Genus: | Arkys Walckenaer, 1837[1] |
| Type species | |
| A. lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 | |
| Species | |
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32, see text | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Arkys, also known as triangular spider or ambush spider,[7] is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer in 1837.[8] They are often small, with a triangular shaped abdomen, and are found in Australia and some of its surrounding islands. They don't build webs, but can often be found on leaves and tips of flower heads. Their egg sacs are pinkish-orange and spherical, and are made late in the summer.[7]
Species
[edit]As of October 2025[update], this genus includes 32 species:[1]
- Arkys alatus Keyserling, 1890 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Arkys alticephala (Urquhart, 1891) – Southern Australia
- Arkys brevipalpus Karsch, 1878 – New Caledonia
- Arkys bulburinensis Heimer, 1984 – Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- Arkys cicatricosus (Rainbow, 1920) – Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
- Arkys cornutus L. Koch, 1872 – New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys coronatus (Balogh, 1978) – New Guinea
- Arkys curtulus (Simon, 1903) – Eastern Australia
- Arkys dilatatus (Balogh, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys enigma Douglas, 2019 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Arkys furcatus (Balogh, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys gracilis Heimer, 1984 – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys grandis (Balogh, 1978) – New Caledonia
- Arkys hickmani Heimer, 1984 – Australia (Tasmania)
- Arkys kaszabi (Balogh, 1978) – New Guinea
- Arkys lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 – New Guinea to Australia (New South Wales) (type species)
- Arkys latissimus (Balogh, 1982) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys montanus (Balogh, 1978) – New Guinea
- Arkys multituberculatus (Balogh, 1982) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys nimdol Chrysanthus, 1971 – New Guinea
- Arkys occidentalis (Reimoser, 1936) – Indonesia (Buru Is.)
- Arkys roosdorpi (Chrysanthus, 1971) – New Guinea
- Arkys semicirculatus (Balogh, 1982) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys sibil (Chrysanthus, 1971) – New Guinea
- Arkys soosi (Balogh, 1982) – New Guinea
- Arkys speechleyi (Mascord, 1968) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Arkys toxopeusi (Reimoser, 1936) – Indonesia (Buru Is.)
- Arkys transversus (Balogh, 1978) – Australia (New South Wales)
- Arkys tuberculatus (Balogh, 1978) – Australia (Queensland)
- Arkys varians (Balogh, 1978) – New Caledonia
- Arkys vicarius (Balogh, 1978) – New Caledonia
- Arkys walckenaeri Simon, 1879 – Australia
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "Gen. Arkys Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2025-10-24.
- ↑ Urquhart, A. T. (1891). "On new species of Tasmanian Araniedae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1890: 244–247.
- 1 2 Framenau, Volker W.; Scharff, Nikolaj; Harvey, Mark S. (2010). "Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae: Araneidae)". Invertebrate Systematics. 24 (2): 166. doi:10.1071/IS10005.
- ↑ Simon, Eugène (1893). "Études arachnologiques. 25e Mémoire. XL. Descriptions d'espèces et de genres nouveaux de l'ordre des Araneæ". Annales de la Société entomologique de France. 62: 328.
- ↑ Heimer, Stefan (1984). "Remarks on the spider genus Arcys Walckenaer, 1837, with description of new species (Araneae, Mimetidae)". Entomologische Abhandlungen, Staatliches Museum für Tierkunde Dresden. 47 (9): 156.
- ↑ Mascord, R. E. (1967). "A New Genus and Species of Spider (Araneida: Argiopidae)". Journal of the Entomological Society of Australia, New South Wales. 4 (published 1968): 10–14.
- 1 2 "Orb or Wheel weaving spiders: Family Araneidae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
- ↑ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères.
