🦋 Family

Arkyidae

4 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Arachnida › Araneae › Arkyidae

Arkys cornutus, the horned triangular spider, is a common Australian ambush spider in the family Arkyidae.

Arkys lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 is a spider species with sexually dimorphic size, distinct colour markings, and specific egg sac traits.

Arkys walckenaeri is a species with a variably coloured triangular abdomen, and both sexes grow to around 7 mm long.

The small bird dropping spider Arkys curtulus is a small varying-coloured spider found in eastern Australia that feeds on soldier flies.

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Salticidae 299 species Araneidae 234 species Theridiidae 85 species Theraphosidae 64 species Lycosidae 63 species Thomisidae 56 species Tetragnathidae 38 species Pisauridae 30 species

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