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Kwonkan eboracum

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Species of spider

Kwonkan eboracum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Infraorder: Mygalomorphae
Family: Anamidae
Genus: Kwonkan
Species: K. eboracum
Binomial name
Kwonkan eboracum
Main, 1983

Kwonkan eboracum 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.

Distribution and habitat

The species occurs in south-west Western Australia in heath and open scrub habitats. The type locality is Eboracum, 22 km north-east of the Wheatbelt town of Tammin.

Behaviour

The spiders are fossorial predators that construct and shelter in cryptic burrows in plant litter.

References

  1. ^ 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 .
  2. ^ "Species Kwonkan eboracum Main, 1983". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-14.
Taxon identifiers
Kwonkan eboracum


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