ArkysArkys Image Index Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys bulburinensis Arkys cornutus (Horned Triangular Spider) Arkys curtulus (Small Bird-dropping Spider) Arkys lancearius (Triangular Spider) Arkys walckenaeri (Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider)

The Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), is an Australian spider belonging to the family Arkyidae. It is a small ambush hunter, has long curved forelegs and a narrow, triangular shaped abdomen. It is named in honour of Charles Athanase Walckenaer, a French civil servant and scientist (25 December 1771 – 28 April 1852).

Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Wandella NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor
Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), Bermagui NSW © Deb Taylor

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Arthropoda
  • Subphylum: Chelicerata
  • Class: Arachnida
  • Order: Araneae
  • Infraorder: Araneomorphae
  • Family: Arkyidae
  • Genus: Arkys
  • Species: Arkys walckenaeri

Footnote & References

  1. Photographs Arkys walckenaeri, Photographs © Deb Taylor
  2. Triangular Spiders, Australian Museum, https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/triangular-spiders-arkys-spp/
  3. Arkys walckenaeri Simon, 1879, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/Arkys walckenaeri
  4. Walckenaer’s Studded Triangular Spider (Arkys walckenaeri), iNaturalistAU, https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/taxa/489503-Arkys-walckenaeri
  5. Arkys lancearius Walckenaer, 1837 Common Triangular Spider, Arachne.org.au, https://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2016

ArkysArkys Image Index Arkys alatus (Winged Arkys) Arkys alticephala (High-headed Arkys) Arkys bulburinensis 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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SpidersIndex of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Spiders Index Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Euryopis umbilicate (Superb Ant-eater Spider) Flower Spiders Gnaphosidae (Stealthy Ground Spider) Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Herennia sp Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Molycria burwelli Mopsus mormon Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Nyssus coloripes (Orange-legged Swift Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Tetragnatha Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider