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Arkys
Arkys lancearius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

32, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • Aerea Urquhart, 1891 [2] [3]
  • Archemorus Simon, 1893 [4] [5]
  • Neoarchemorus Mascord, 1968 [6] [3]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Arkys Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1891). "On new species of Tasmanian Araniedae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1890: 244–247.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Orb or Wheel weaving spiders: Family Araneidae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  8. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Arkys
Arkys lancearius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

32, see text

Synonyms [1]
  • Aerea Urquhart, 1891 [2] [3]
  • Archemorus Simon, 1893 [4] [5]
  • Neoarchemorus Mascord, 1968 [6] [3]

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Gen. Arkys Walckenaer, 1837". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  2. ^ Urquhart, A. T. (1891). "On new species of Tasmanian Araniedae". Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. 1890: 244–247.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ a b "Orb or Wheel weaving spiders: Family Araneidae". Spiders of Australia. Retrieved 2019-04-14.
  8. ^ Walckenaer, C. A. (1837). Histoire naturelle des insectes. Aptères.

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