Proshermacha armigera
Appearance
Proshermacha armigera | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
Class: | Arachnida |
Order: | Araneae |
Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
Family: | Anamidae |
Genus: | Proshermacha |
Species: | P. armigera
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Binomial name | |
Proshermacha armigera | |
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Proshermacha armigera is a species of mygalomorph spider in the Anamidae family. It is endemic to Australia. It was described in 1918 by Australian arachnologists William Joseph Rainbow and Robert Henry Pulleine.[1][2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]The species occurs in the south-west of Western Australia, in the Wheatbelt and western Goldfields regions, in low woodland habitats. The type locality is Mullewa.[2]
Behaviour
[edit]The spiders are fossorial, terrestrial predators.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Rainbow, WJ; Pulleine, RH (1918). "Australian trap-door spiders". Records of the Australian Museum. 12: 81–169 [150]. doi:10.3853/j.0067-1975.12.1918.882.
- ^ a b c "Species Proshermacha armigera (Rainbow & Pulleine, 1918)". Australian Faunal Directory. Dept of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, Australia. 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-28.