Arkyidae is a
family of
araneomorph spiders first described by
Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872 as a subfamily of
Araneidae
Orb-weaver spiders are members of the spider family Araneidae. They are the most common group of builders of spiral wheel-shaped webs often found in gardens, fields, and forests. The English word "orb" can mean "circular", hence the English name ...
, and later elevated to a full family in 2017.
Genera and species
This section lists all described
species :
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Arkys
''Arkys'', also known as ''triangular spider'' or ''ambush spider'', is a genus of Australian araneomorph spiders in the family Arkyidae, first described by Charles Athanase Walckenaer
Baron Charles Athanase Walckenaer (25 December 1771 &nd ...
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Walckenaer, 1837
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A. alatus''
Keyserling, 1890 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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A. alticephala''
(Urquhart, 1891) — Southern Australia
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A. brevipalpus''
Karsch, 1878 — New Caledonia
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A. bulburinensis''
Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
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A. cicatricosus''
(Rainbow, 1920) — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
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A. cornutus''
L. Koch, 1872 — New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
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A. coronatus''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
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A. curtulus''
(Simon, 1903) — Eastern Australia
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A. dilatatus''
(Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. enigma''
Douglas, 2019 — Australia (Tasmania)
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A. furcatus''
(Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. gracilis''
Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland)
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A. grandis''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
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A. hickmani''
Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Tasmania)
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A. kaszabi''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
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A. lancearius''
Walckenaer, 1837 (
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) — New Guinea to Australia (New South Wales)
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A. latissimus''
(Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. montanus''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
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A. multituberculatus''
(Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. nimdol''
Chrysanthus, 1971 — New Guinea
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A. occidentalis''
(Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
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A. roosdorpi''
(Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
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A. semicirculatus''
(Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. sibil''
(Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
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A. soosi''
(Balogh, 1982) — New Guinea
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A. speechleyi''
(Mascord, 1968) — Australia (New South Wales)
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A. toxopeusi''
(Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
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A. transversus''
(Balogh, 1978) — Australia (New South Wales)
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A. tuberculatus''
(Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
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A. varians''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
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A. vicarius''
(Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
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A. walckenaeri''
Simon, 1879 — Australia, Tasmania
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Demadiana''
Strand, 1929
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D. carrai''
Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales)
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D. cerula''
(Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
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D. complicata''
Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (Queensland)
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D. diabolus''
Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
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D. milledgei''
Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
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D. simplex''
(Karsch, 1878) (
type
Type may refer to:
Science and technology Computing
* Typing, producing text via a keyboard, typewriter, etc.
* Data type, collection of values used for computations.
* File type
* TYPE (DOS command), a command to display contents of a file.
* Ty ...
) — Southern Australia
References
Araneomorphae
Araneomorphae families
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