# Kwonkan

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{{Short description|Genus of spiders}}
{{Automatic taxobox
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| type_species = ''[K. wonganensis](/source/Kwonkan_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 />
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'''''Kwonkan''''' is a [genus](/source/genus) of [Australia](/source/Australia)n [mygalomorph spiders](/source/Mygalomorphae) first described by [Barbara York Main](/source/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](/source/Dipluridae), but was later assigned to [Nemesiidae](/source/Nemesiidae) due to similarities to the genus ''[Aname](/source/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](/source/Anamidae) in 2010.<ref name=NMBE /> The known distribution of described species in the genus is restricted to the states of [South Australia](/source/South_Australia) (SA) and [Western Australia](/source/Western_Australia) (WA). ''Yilgarnia'' is now considered a synonym for this genus, and its type species is assigned to ''[Kwonkan currycomboides](/source/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](/source/Kwonkan_anatolion)'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – SA
*''[Kwonkan currycomboides](/source/Kwonkan_currycomboides)'' <small>(Main, 1986)</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan eboracum](/source/Kwonkan_eboracum)'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan goongarriensis](/source/Kwonkan_goongarriensis)'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan linnaei](/source/Kwonkan_linnaei)'' <small>(Main, 2008)</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan moriartii](/source/Kwonkan_moriartii)'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan silvestris](/source/Kwonkan_silvestris)'' <small>Main, 1983</small> – WA
*''[Kwonkan turrigera](/source/Kwonkan_turrigera)'' <small>(Main, 1994)</small> – SA, WA
*''[Kwonkan wonganensis](/source/Kwonkan_wonganensis)'' <small>(Main, 1977)</small> – WA

==References==
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Category:Anamidae
Category:Mygalomorphae genera
Category:Spiders of Australia

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