Triangular Spider Arkys occidentalis (Reimoser, 1936)
Fauna Portal species: 11092
Diagnosis
Arkys occidentalis was originally described from Indonesia (Buru Island). The male from Lord Howe Island illustrated here matches the original description (Reimoser 1936) in very good detail, specifically the sigillae pattern on the abdomen.
Linnean Type
1 male, 1 female syntype, Buru, Station 7, Indonesia (whereabouts unknown); 2 females, Buru, Station 23, Indonesia (Museum Vienna)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Norfolk and Lord Howe Islands
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(1936): Fauna Buruana. Arachnoidea. Treubia. 7 (Suppl.): 405 - 413