Arkyidae
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| Arkyidae | |
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| Arkys cornutus | |
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| Arkys sp. from New Guinea | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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[edit]
This section lists all described species as of December 2020[update]:[1]
Arkys Walckenaer, 1837
- A. alatus Keyserling, 1890 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- A. alticephala (Urquhart, 1891) — Southern Australia
- A. brevipalpus Karsch, 1878 — New Caledonia
- A. bulburinensis Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
- A. cicatricosus (Rainbow, 1920) — Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
- A. cornutus L. Koch, 1872 — New Guinea, Australia (Queensland)
- A. coronatus (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
- A. curtulus (Simon, 1903) — Eastern Australia
- A. dilatatus (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. enigma Douglas, 2019 — Australia (Tasmania)
- A. furcatus (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. gracilis Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Queensland)
- A. grandis (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
- A. hickmani Heimer, 1984 — Australia (Tasmania)
- A. kaszabi (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
- A. lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 (type) — New Guinea to Australia (New South Wales)
- A. latissimus (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. montanus (Balogh, 1978) — New Guinea
- A. multituberculatus (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. nimdol Chrysanthus, 1971 — New Guinea
- A. occidentalis (Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
- A. roosdorpi (Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
- A. semicirculatus (Balogh, 1982) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. sibil (Chrysanthus, 1971) — New Guinea
- A. soosi (Balogh, 1982) — New Guinea
- A. speechleyi (Mascord, 1968) — Australia (New South Wales)
- A. toxopeusi (Reimoser, 1936) — Indonesia (Buru Is.)
- A. transversus (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (New South Wales)
- A. tuberculatus (Balogh, 1978) — Australia (Queensland)
- A. varians (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
- A. vicarius (Balogh, 1978) — New Caledonia
- A. walckenaeri Simon, 1879 — Australia, Tasmania
Demadiana Strand, 1929
- D. carrai Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales)
- D. cerula (Simon, 1908) — Australia (Western Australia)
- D. complicata Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (Queensland)
- D. diabolus Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
- D. milledgei Framenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010 — Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
- D. simplex (Karsch, 1878) (type) — Southern Australia
References[edit]
- ^ 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.