Arkys

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Arachnida
Ordo: Araneae
Subordo: Opisthothelae
Infraordo: Araneomorphae
Taxon: Neocribellatae
Series: Entelegynae
Superfamilia: Araneoidea

Familia: Araneidae
Genus: Arkys
Species: A. alatus – A. brevipalpus – A. bulburinensis – A. cicatricosus – A. cornutus – A. coronatus – A. curtulus – A. dilatatus – A. furcatus – A. gracilis – A. grandis – A. hickmani – A. kaszabi – A. lancearius – A. latissimus – A. montanus – A. multituberculatus – A. nimdol – A. nitidiceps – A. occidentalis – A. roosdorpi – A. semicirculatus – A. sibil – A. simsoni – A. soosi – A. toxopeusi – A. transversus – A. tuberculatus – A. varians – A. vicarius – A. walckenaeri
Name

Arkys Walckenaer, 1837

Type species: Arkys lancearius Walckenaer, 1837
Synonyms

Aerea Urquhart, 1891 [synonymised by Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010: 166 ('New synonymy')]
Archemorus Simon, 1893
Neoarchemorus Mascord, 1968 [synonymised by Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010: 166 ('New synonymy')]

References
cited sources

Framenau, V.W.; Scharff, N.; Harvey, M.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: 139–171. DOI: 10.1071/IS10005

Links

Platnick, N. I. 2008. The World Spider Catalog, version 9.0. American Museum of Natural History. [1]

Vernacular names
English: Arkys

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

As of April 2019 it contains thirty-two 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)
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, Tasmania

References

"Gen. Arkys Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
Urquhart, A. T. (1891). "On new species of Tasmanian Araniedae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1890: 244–247.
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 (published 1968). 4: 10–14.
"Orb or Wheel weaving spiders: Family Araneidae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères.