{{Short description|Genus of spiders}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = | image_caption = | type_species = ''K. wonganensis'' | taxon = Kwonkan | authority = Main, 1983<ref name=NMBE /> | subdivision = 9, see text | subdivision_ranks = Species | synonyms = *''Yilgarnia''<ref name=Harv2018 /> | synonyms_ref = <ref name=NMBE /> }}
'''''Kwonkan''''' is a genus of Australian mygalomorph spiders first described by Barbara York Main in 1983.<ref name=Main1983>{{cite journal| last=Main| first=B. Y.| year=1983| title=Further studies on the systematics of Australian Diplurinae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): Two new genera from south Western Australia.| journal=Journal of Natural History| pages=923–949| volume=17| issue=6| doi=10.1080/00222938300770731}}</ref> It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'',<ref name=Plat1989>{{cite journal| last=Platnick| first=N. I.| year=1989| title=A revision of the spider genus Segestrioides (Araneae, Diguetidae)| journal=American Museum Novitates| issue=2940| page=92}}</ref><ref name=Rave1985>{{cite journal| last=Raven| first=R. J.| year=1985| title=The spider infraorder Mygalomorphae (Araneae): Cladistics and systematics| journal=Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History| volume=182| page=88}}</ref> before being transferred to the family Anamidae in 2010.<ref name=NMBE /> 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''.<ref name=Harv2018>{{cite journal| last1=Harvey| first1=M. S.| display-authors=etal| year=2018| title=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}}</ref>
==Species== {{as of|2019|03}} it contains nine species:<ref name=NMBE>{{cite web| title=Gen. ''Kwonkan'' Main, 1983| website=World Spider Catalog| access-date=2020-07-10| publisher=Natural History Museum Bern| url=http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/genus/2016}}</ref>
*''Kwonkan anatolion'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – SA *''Kwonkan currycomboides'' <small>(Main, 1986)</small> – WA *''Kwonkan eboracum'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA *''Kwonkan goongarriensis'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA *''Kwonkan linnaei'' <small>(Main, 2008)</small> – WA *''Kwonkan moriartii'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA *''Kwonkan silvestris'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA *''Kwonkan turrigera'' <small>(Main, 1994)</small> – SA, WA *''Kwonkan wonganensis'' <small>(Main, 1977)</small> – WA
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Anamidae Category:Mygalomorphae genera Category:Spiders of Australia
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