Arkyidae

Arkyidae
	Arkys cornutus
	Arkys sp. 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
	Arkys Walckenaer, 1837 ; Demadiana Strand, 1929 ;
Diversity
	2 genera, 43 species

Arkyidae, also known as triangular spiders,^[1] 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.^[2]

Genera and species

This section lists all described species as of December 2020^[update]:^[2]

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

^ "Triangular Spiders and Allies (Family Arkyidae)". iNaturalist Australia. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
^ ^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.