kwonkan kwonkan kwonkan is a genus of australian tarantulas first described by barbara york main in 1983. it was originally assigned to dipluridae, but was later assigned to nemesiidae due to similarities to the genus aname, before being transferred to the family anamidae in 2010. yilgarnia is now considered a synonym for this genus, and its type species is assigned to kwonkan currycomboides. kwonkan scientific classification kingdom: animalia phylum: arthropoda subphylum: chelicerata class: arachnida order: araneae infraorder: mygalomorphae family: anamidae genus: kwonkanmain, 1983 type species k. wonganensis species 9, see text synonyms yilgarnia species as of march 2019 it contains nine species: kwonkan anatolion main, 1983 – australia (south australia) kwonkan currycomboides (main, 1986) – australia (western australia) kwonkan eboracum main, 1983 – australia (western australia) kwonkan goongarriensis main, 1983 – australia (western australia) kwonkan linnaei (main, 2008) – australia (western australia) kwonkan moriartii main, 1983 – australia (western australia) kwonkan silvestris main, 1983 – australia (western australia) kwonkan turrigera (main, 1994) – australia (western australia, south australia) kwonkan wonganensis (main, 1977) – australia (western australia)