Arkys lancearius

Animalia/Arthropoda/Arachnida/Araneae/Arkyidae/Arkys

At a glance

Occurrence records1 243

Data sources6

Biological traits5

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources6 archives

Databases and archives Arkys lancearius's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility1 243 records↗

World Spider Trait DBMasaryk University5 traits · 1 refs↗

World Spider CatalogNaturhist. Museum Bernworld catalog↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources5 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF1 243 records

01Narrative

Arkys lancearius, the triangular spider, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Arkyidae. It is an ambush hunter, commonly found resting on leaves and ferns or hanging from just a few threads of silk. The front two pairs of legs are large, suited for grabbing small insects, while the rear pairs of legs are much smaller.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWolff et al. 2019

Morphometry1

Body mass0.038 mm

Predation2

Hunting guildambush hunters

Web buildingno

Ecology1

Circadian activitynocturnal

Morphology1

Cribellumabsent

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type1 243 records

Wild obs. + sensor1 193

Museum / vouchered50

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO3 088 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy75% within 1 km

≤100 m 559≤1 km 160≤10 km 50>10 km 184

953 georeferenced · 240 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor1 193

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy24% within 1 km

≤100 m 1≤1 km 5≤10 km 16>10 km 3

25 georeferenced · 25 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence50

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Sydney, AU	32
Natick, US	12
Cambridge, US	5
Western Australian Museumlocation not on record	1

4 institutions · 50 of 50 vouchered records shown

At a glance

Sources6 archives

Morphometry1

Predation2

Ecology1

Morphology1

Record type1 243 records

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions3 of 4 geolocated

Record type1 243 records