Kwonkan is a genus of Australian mygalomorph spiders first described by Barbara York Main in 1983.[3] It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus Aname,[4][5] before being transferred to the family Anamidae in 2010.[1] The known distribution of described species in the genus is restricted to the states of South Australia (SA) and Western Australia (WA). Yilgarnia is now considered a synonym for this genus, and its type species is assigned to Kwonkan currycomboides.[2]
| Kwonkan | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Kwonkan Main, 1983[1] |
| Type species | |
| K. wonganensis | |
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Species
editAs of March 2019[update] it contains nine species:[1]
- Kwonkan anatolion Main, 1983 – SA
- Kwonkan currycomboides (Main, 1986) – WA
- Kwonkan eboracum Main, 1983 – WA
- Kwonkan goongarriensis Main, 1983 – WA
- Kwonkan linnaei (Main, 2008) – WA
- Kwonkan moriartii Main, 1983 – WA
- Kwonkan silvestris Main, 1983 – WA
- Kwonkan turrigera (Main, 1994) – SA, WA
- Kwonkan wonganensis (Main, 1977) – WA
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Gen. Kwonkan Main, 1983". World Spider Catalog. Natural History Museum Bern. Retrieved 2020-07-10.
- ^ a b Harvey, M. S.; et al. (2018). "Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian open-holed trapdoor spiders (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Nemesiidae: Anaminae): multi-locus molecular analyses resolve the generic classification of a highly diverse fauna. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 184(2): 407-452".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Main, B. Y. (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Diplurinae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): Two new genera from south Western Australia". Journal of Natural History. 17 (6): 923–949. doi:10.1080/00222938300770731.
- ^ Platnick, N. I. (1989). "A revision of the spider genus Segestrioides (Araneae, Diguetidae)". American Museum Novitates (2940): 92.
- ^ Raven, R. J. (1985). "The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 182: 88.