Kwonkan silvestris is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1983 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Anamidae |
Genus: | Kwonkan |
Species: | K. silvestris
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Binomial name | |
Kwonkan silvestris |
Distribution and habitat
editThe species occurs in southern Western Australia in woodland and low scrub habitats. The type locality is Juranda, near Balladonia. It also occurs in the Fraser Range.[2]
Behaviour
editReferences
edit- ^ a b Main, BY (1983). "Further studies on the systematics of Australian Dipluridae (Chelicerata: Mygalomorphae: Dipluridae): two new genera from south Western Australia". Journal of Natural History. 17: 925–949 [930].
- ^ a b c "Species Kwonkan silvestris Main, 1983". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-15.