Walckenaer's Triangular Spider Arkys walckenaeri Simon, 1879
Fauna Portal species: 6797
Diagnosis
Arkys walckenaeri is readily distinguished by its dorsal abdominal pattern.
Linnean Type
2 females, 1 juvenile syntypes, Victoria, Australia (without precise locality data) (MNHN)
Australia
- New South Wales
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Fauna Portal Records
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Publications
(2010): Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae : Araneidae). Invertebrate Systematics. 24: 139 - 171