Biology:Kwonkan wonganensis
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Short description: Species of spider
| Kwonkan wonganensis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Anamidae |
| Genus: | Kwonkan |
| Species: | K. wonganensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Kwonkan wonganensis (Main, 1977)[1]
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Kwonkan wonganensis is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia . It was described in 1977 by Australian arachnologist Barbara York Main.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
The species occurs in south-west Western Australia, in the Avon Wheatbelt bioregion in open scrub habitats. The type locality is the Wongan Hills.[2]
Behaviour and ecology
The spiders are fossorial predators. They construct shallow, Y-shaped burrows in gravelly loam soils, with turrets of soil and pebbles at the entrances.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Main, BY (1977). "Spiders". in Kenneally, KF. The Natural History of the Wongan Hills. Perth: West Australian Naturalist’s Club. pp. 101–107 [102].
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Species Kwonkan wonganensis (Main, 1977)". Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/5dd7b08e-038b-40dd-9daa-4275fc9e862d.
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