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

Kwonkan goongarriensis 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 southern Western Australia in heath and open scrub habitats. The type locality is Goongarrie, near Menzies, in the Goldfields region.

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 goongarriensis Main, 1983". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-06-15.

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