Arkys, also known as triangular spider or ambush spider,[7] is a
genus of
Australianaraneomorph 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[update] it contains thirty-two species:[1]
Arkys alatus Keyserling, 1890 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
^
abFramenau, 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.
^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.
Arkys, also known as triangular spider or ambush spider,[7] is a
genus of
Australianaraneomorph 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[update] it contains thirty-two species:[1]
Arkys alatus Keyserling, 1890 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
^
abFramenau, 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.
^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.