''Kwonkan'' is a

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tarantula Tarantulas comprise a group of large and often hairy spiders of the family Theraphosidae. , 1,040 species have been identified, with 156 genera. The term "tarantula" is usually used to describe members of the family Theraphosidae, although ...

s first described by

Barbara York Main Barbara Anne York Main (27 January 1929 – 14 May 2019) Ann Jones (2019"Barbara York Main, Australia's spider woman and Wheatbelt advocate, author and poet dies"''Off Track'', Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Published May 23, 2019. Acces ...

in 1983. It was originally assigned to

Dipluridae The family Dipluridae, known as curtain-web spiders (or confusingly with other distantly related ones as funnel-web tarantulas) are a group of spiders in the infraorder Mygalomorphae, that have two pairs of booklungs, and chelicerae (fangs) tha ...

, but was later assigned to

Nemesiidae Nemesiidae, also known as funnel-web trapdoor spiders, is a family of mygalomorph spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1889, and raised to family status in 1985. Before becoming its own family, it was considered part of "Dipluridae". Desc ...

due to similarities to the genus ''

Aname The spider genus ''Aname'' is endemic to Australia, with one species (''Aname tasmanica'') found only on Tasmania. It contains the ''black wishbone spider'', ''A. atra''. Spiders in this genus, together with the related and very similar genera ...

'', before being transferred to the family

Anamidae Anamidae is a family of Australian mygalomorph spiders. It was first described as a tribe by Simon in 1889, then raised to the subfamily Anaminae of the family Nemesiidae, before being raised to a family level by Opatova et al. in 2020. Taxonomy ...

in 2010. ''Yilgarnia'' is now considered a synonym for this genus, and its type species is assigned to ''

Kwonkan currycomboides ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

''.

Species

it contains nine species: *''

Kwonkan anatolion ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus '' Aname'', before being transferred to ...

'' Main, 1983 – Australia (South Australia) *''

'' (Main, 1986) – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan eboracum ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus '' Aname'', before being transferred to ...

'' Main, 1983 – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan goongarriensis ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus '' Aname'', before being transferred to ...

'' Main, 1983 – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan linnaei ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

'' (Main, 2008) – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan moriartii ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

'' Main, 1983 – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan silvestris ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

'' Main, 1983 – Australia (Western Australia) *''

Kwonkan turrigera ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

'' (Main, 1994) – Australia (Western Australia, South Australia) *''

Kwonkan wonganensis ''Kwonkan'' is a genus of Australian tarantulas first described by Barbara York Main in 1983. It was originally assigned to Dipluridae, but was later assigned to Nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus ''Aname'', before being transferred to t ...

'' (Main, 1977) – Australia (Western Australia)

References

Anamidae Mygalomorphae genera Spiders of Australia {{Mygalomorphae-stub