Arkyidae

Arkyidae
Arkys cornutus
Arkyssp. from New Guinea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Infraorder:	Araneomorphae
Family:	Arkyidae L. Koch,1872
Genera
ArkysWalckenaer, 1837 DemadianaStrand, 1929
Diversity
2 genera,43 species

Arkyidae,also known astriangular spiders,is afamilyofaraneomorphspidersfirst described byLudwig Carl Christian Kochin 1872 as a subfamily ofAraneidae,and later elevated to a full family in 2017.

Genera and species

This section lists all describedspeciesas of December 2020:

ArkysWalckenaer, 1837

• A. alatusKeyserling, 1890— Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• A. alticephala(Urquhart, 1891)— Southern Australia
• A. brevipalpusKarsch, 1878— New Caledonia
• A. bulburinensisHeimer, 1984— Australia (Queensland, New South Wales)
• A. cicatricosus(Rainbow, 1920)— Australia (Lord Howe Is.)
• A. cornutusL. 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. enigmaDouglas, 2019— Australia (Tasmania)
• A. furcatus(Balogh, 1978)— Australia (Queensland)
• A. gracilisHeimer, 1984— Australia (Queensland)
• A. grandis(Balogh, 1978)— New Caledonia
• A. hickmaniHeimer, 1984— Australia (Tasmania)
• A. kaszabi(Balogh, 1978)— New Guinea
• A. lanceariusWalckenaer, 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. nimdolChrysanthus,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. walckenaeriSimon, 1879— Australia, Tasmania

DemadianaStrand, 1929

• D. carraiFramenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010— Australia (New South Wales)
• D. cerula(Simon, 1908)— Australia (Western Australia)
• D. complicataFramenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010— Australia (Queensland)
• D. diabolusFramenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010— Australia (South Australia, Tasmania)
• D. milledgeiFramenau, Scharff & Harvey, 2010— Australia (New South Wales, Victoria)
• D. simplex(Karsch, 1878)(type) — Southern Australia