World Spider Catalog

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

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

SPECIES | ACCEPTED

LSID: urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:067278

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Described:

Distribution: Australia (Western Australia)

Type Repository Provide information

Holotype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia m (T15235 = 1982/1359 [allotype of Kwonkan eboracum]) - (Wilson et al., 2026)
Paratype: Western Australian Museum (WAM), Perth, Australia 4m (T144981) - (Wilson et al., 2026)

Taxonomic References

Kwonkan eboracum Main, 1983b: 929, f. 27, 33, 37, 41 (m; misidentified per Wilson et al., 2026: 544)

Kwonkan yorkrakine Wilson et al., 2026: 544, f. 21A-Q (Dm) Original description

References

Main, B. Y. (1983b). 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 -- 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 -- Show included taxa

Edit History

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