Species Kwonkan silvestris Main, 1983

Museums

Regional Maps

• Kwonkan silvestre Main, B.Y. 1983. Further studies on the systematics of Australian Dipluridae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): two new genera from south Western Australia. Journal of Natural History 17: 923-949 figs 1-70 [930].

  Type data:

   Holotype WAM 82/1356 ♂ adult, Juranda, WA.
  Paratype(s) WAM 82/1357 ♀ adult; 53/514 ♂ adult; 53/517 ♂ adult.

 

Distribution

States

Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Fraser Ranges and Juranda.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR), Dampierland (DL), Esperance Plains (ESP), Gibson Desert (GD), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), Nullarbor (NUL), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Warren (WAR), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Western Australia: SW coastal, W plateau

Ecological Descriptors

Fossorial, low scrub, predator, woodland.

 

General References

Harvey, M. S., Wilson, J. D. & Rix, M. G. 2023. Three new species of the open-holed trapdoor spider genus Kwonkan (Mygalomorphae: Anamidae) from central Australia. Australian Journal of Taxonomy 21: 1-9 [2] (discussion of gender of name)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
20-Jul-2023	ANAMIDAE Simon, 1889	05-Jul-2023	MODIFIED
15-Oct-2020		29-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)