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title: "Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider"
description: "Arkys walckenaeri — Insecten en spinnen. Arkys walckenaeri, Walckenaer's studded arkys, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Arkyidae."
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last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider

> Arkys walckenaeri — Insecten en spinnen. Arkys walckenaeri, Walckenaer's studded arkys, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Arkyidae.

- Scientific name: *Arkys walckenaeri*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1071
- Wikidata: [Q936057](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q936057)
- iNaturalist taxon: [489503](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/489503)

## Names

- en: Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider
- es: Araña triangulo de Walckenaer

## Countries with the most observations

AU (1040)

## Summary

Arkys walckenaeri, Walckenaer's studded arkys, is a common Australian spider belonging to the family Arkyidae. A small ambush hunter with long curved forelegs and a narrow, triangular shaped abdomen, it is named in honour of Charles Athanase Walckenaer. It also occurs on Java.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkys_walckenaeri

## Photo

![Walckenaer's Studded Triangular Spider](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/walckenaer-s-studded-triangular-spider/medium.jpg)

Photo: corunastylis · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/54713519

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/walckenaer-s-studded-triangular-spider?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).