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Genus: Kwonkan Main, 1983 | Family: Anamidae Simon, 1889

Kwonkan elatus Wilson, Urso, Rix, Volschenk, Cruz Bedón & Harvey, 2026

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067277

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Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

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Holotype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia f (T155754) - (Wilson et al., 2026)
Paratype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia 1f (T155758) - (Wilson et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Aname turrigera Main, 1994: 65, f. 1K (f; BYM 86/60 misidentified sensu Wilson et al., 2026: 531)

Kwonkan elatus Wilson et al., 2026: 530, f. 13A-L (Df) Original description

References

Main, B. Y. (1994). Biosystematics of Australian mygalomorph spiders: Description of a new species of Aname and its aerial tube (Araneae: Nemesiidae). Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia 77: 65-69. -- Show included taxa

Wilson, J. D., Urso, A., Rix, M. G., Volschenk, E. S., Cruz Bedón, V. & Harvey, M. S. (2026). Wishbone spiders of the genus Kwonkan Main, 1983 (Araneae: Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) in south-western Australia: Redescription of legacy species, two new species, and an assessment of agricultural zone diversity. Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 84: 510-547. doi: 10.3897/asp.84.e189518 ZooBank: 641D45A2-9141-425B-95CC-00A7C7EFB0E8 -- Show included taxa

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Date	Type	Reference	Old value	Comment
2026-07-15	New taxonomic reference entry	Wilson et al., 2026
2026-07-15	New species inserted	Wilson et al., 2026