Arkyidae

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Arkyidae
"Arkys cornutus"
Arkys cornutus
Arkys.sp.new.guinea.-.tanikawa.jpg
Arkys sp. from New Guinea
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Arkyidae
L. Koch, 1872
Genera
Diversity
2 genera, 43 species

Arkyidae is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872 as a subfamily of Araneidae, and later elevated to a full family in 2017.[1]

Genera and species[]

This section lists all described species as of December 2020:[1]

Arkys Walckenaer, 1837

  • Keyserling, 1890 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • (Urquhart, 1891) — Southern Australia
  • Karsch, 1878 — New Caledonia
  • Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
  • (Rainbow, 1920) — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
  • A. cornutus L. Koch, 1872 — New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
  • A. curtulus (Simon, 1903) — Eastern Australia
  • (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Douglas, 2019 — Australia (Tasmania)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
  • Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Tasmania)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
  • A. lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 (type) — New Guinea to Australia (New South Wales)
  • (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
  • (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
  • Chrysanthus, 1971 — New Guinea
  • (Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
  • (Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
  • (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
  • (Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
  • (Balogh, 1982) — New Guinea
  • (Mascord, 1968) — Australia (New South Wales)
  • (Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (New South Wales)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
  • (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
  • Simon, 1879 — Australia, Tasmania

Demadiana Strand, 1929

  • Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales)
  • (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
  • Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (Queensland)
  • Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
  • Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
  • (Karsch, 1878) (type) — Southern Australia

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Family: Arkyidae L. Koch,1872". World Spider Catalog Version 20.0. Natural History Museum Bern. 2021. doi:10.24436/2. Retrieved 2021-01-08.


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