A pretty Arkys species recorded by Mascord as Archemorus species (Mascord 1980, page 79 plate 30.6). He intended to name it A. pulcherrimus. Balogh meanwhile named it Archemorus furcatus in 1978, although his illustrations are incorrectly labelled, the male and the female being swapped. It is a medium-sized ambush hunter, usually camouflaged among branches and foliage, with a complicated pattern and body shape, light brown to orange in colour, with transparent sections and whitish flecks and lines. The double pointed abdomen, somewhat like Cyrtophora exanthematica) and patterns in orange or brown are distinctive. The male's abdomen ends in extravagantly long projections possibly helping disguise which end of the spider is the front. It may resemble a small grasshopper or similar arthropod. When in repose the spider is tucked up in a debris-like rectangular shape. ♀ 8mm ♂ 5mm
- Female from above
- Female from above, on the move
- Female, side view
- Female from above, spiny legs concealing face
- Female from above on Alectryon tomentosus twig
- Female 4710 from above in alcohol
- Female 4710 from side in alcohol
- Female 4710 in alcohol facing
- Female 4710 underneath
- Female 4710 epigynum
- Male adult from above
- Male palps
- Male Freshwater National Park
- References
Female from above
Female from above, on the move
Female, side view
Female from above, spiny legs concealing face
Female from above on Alectryon tomentosus twig
Female 4710 from above in alcohol
Female 4710 from side in alcohol
Female 4710 in alcohol facing
Female 4710 underneath
Female 4710 epigynum
Male adult from above
Male palps
Male Freshwater National Park
References
- New Archemorus [Arkys] species Balogh 1978 - Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientarium Hungarieae 24, 1978
- Framenau et al 2010 - Systematics of the Australian orb-weaving spider genus Demadiana with comments on the generic classification of the Arkyinae (Araneae : Araneidae) Volker W. Framenau, Nikolaj Scharff and Mark S. Harvey Invertebrate Systematics, 2010, 24, 139-171
- Heimer, 1984 - Remarks on the Spider Genus Arcys WALCKENAER, 1837, with Description of New Species (Araneae, Mimetidae) With 6 photographs and 26 figures Entomologiscbe Abhandlungen Staatliches Museum Fur Tierkunde In Dresden Band 47 , Ausgegeben: 2. Mai 1984 Nr.9
