Arkyidae

Arkyidae
"Arkys cornutus"
Arkys cornutus
Arkys sp. from New Guinea
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Araneomorphae
Family: Arkyidae
L. Koch, 1872
Genera
Diversity
2 genera, 43 species

Arkyidae, also known as triangular spiders,[1] is a family of araneomorph spiders first described by Ludwig Carl Christian Koch in 1872 as a subfamily of Araneidae, and later elevated to a full family in 2017.[2]

  1. ^ "Triangular Spiders and Allies (Family Arkyidae)". iNaturalist Australia. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference NMBE was invoked but never defined (see the help page).