ArkysArkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
Belonging to the group of Orb weaver spider in the Arkys genus, the species Arkys alticephala is commonly known as the High-headed Arkys. It is a medium-sized spider that is a well camouflagued ambush hunter, that preys on edible arthropods. Like other Arkys, it has the characteristic knobbly body.
This species is found throughout the east coast and hinterland of mainland Australia, south-coast of Western Australia and Tasmania.
The following photographs of a female Arkys alticephala was from Albany in the south-west coast of Western Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Chelicerata
- Class: Arachnida
- Order: Araneae
- Infraorder: Araneomorphae
- Family: Arkyidae
- Genus: Arkys
- Species: Arkys alticephala
Footnote & References
- Photographs Arkys alticephala © Marc Newman
- Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) © Jean and Fred Hort, Flickr
- Arkys alticephala (Urquhart, 1891) High-headed Arkys, Arachne.org.au, https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2524
- New Archemorus [Arkys] species Balogh 1978 – Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarium Hungarieae 24, 1978
ArkysArkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)
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